Teleworking with under H1B status
Dec 21st 2002, 1:52 am
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Teleworking with under H1B status
Can a PR in Canada telework for a US based company (no branch in Canada) under H1b visa? 2003 is my second year under H1B visa and I'd like to make a formal request to my employer to work from Canada until the end of H1B visa even if I have to take a 50% salary cut. Is this legal? Can my employer spnsor for another 3 years while I reside in Canada? Thanks.
Dec 21st 2002, 7:35 am
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Re: Teleworking with under H1B status
"stats2000" wrote in message
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> Can a PR in Canada telework for a US based company (no branch in Canada)
> under H1b visa?
This seems rather confused, unless I'm missing the point.
If you are resident in Canada, of what relevance is a US
visa in your passport?
> 2003 is my second year under H1B visa and I'd like to
> make a formal request to my employer to work from Canada until the end
> of H1B visa even if I have to take a 50% salary cut.
If you reside in Canada, why do you want a USA work visa?
Why should your H1-B visa have anything to do with how
long you work for the company in Canada?
> Is this legal?
That's a question of US and Canadian company law, nothing
to do with immigration.
> Can my employer spnsor for another 3 years while I reside in Canada?
Thanks.
They can, but if you don't intend to work in the USA
why on earth would they want to?
news:[email protected]...
> Can a PR in Canada telework for a US based company (no branch in Canada)
> under H1b visa?
This seems rather confused, unless I'm missing the point.
If you are resident in Canada, of what relevance is a US
visa in your passport?
> 2003 is my second year under H1B visa and I'd like to
> make a formal request to my employer to work from Canada until the end
> of H1B visa even if I have to take a 50% salary cut.
If you reside in Canada, why do you want a USA work visa?
Why should your H1-B visa have anything to do with how
long you work for the company in Canada?
> Is this legal?
That's a question of US and Canadian company law, nothing
to do with immigration.
> Can my employer spnsor for another 3 years while I reside in Canada?
Thanks.
They can, but if you don't intend to work in the USA
why on earth would they want to?
Dec 21st 2002, 8:06 am
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Re: Teleworking with under H1B status
On Sat, 21 Dec 2002 02:52:23 +0000, stats2000 wrote:
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> Can a PR in Canada telework for a US based company (no branch in Canada)
> under H1b visa? 2003 is my second year under H1B visa and I'd like to
> make a formal request to my employer to work from Canada until the end
> of H1B visa even if I have to take a 50% salary cut. Is this legal? Can
> my employer spnsor for another 3 years while I reside in Canada? Thanks.
>
> --
> Posted via http://britishexpats.com
If you are not physically in the US, you don't need an H-1B or any other
visa. You might potentially have issues if you need to visit the employer,
although the business visitor visa (B-1) is probably appropriate for that.
>
> Can a PR in Canada telework for a US based company (no branch in Canada)
> under H1b visa? 2003 is my second year under H1B visa and I'd like to
> make a formal request to my employer to work from Canada until the end
> of H1B visa even if I have to take a 50% salary cut. Is this legal? Can
> my employer spnsor for another 3 years while I reside in Canada? Thanks.
>
> --
> Posted via http://britishexpats.com
If you are not physically in the US, you don't need an H-1B or any other
visa. You might potentially have issues if you need to visit the employer,
although the business visitor visa (B-1) is probably appropriate for that.
Dec 21st 2002, 4:07 pm
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Re: Teleworking with under H1B status
Ingo Pakleppa wrote:
>
> On Sat, 21 Dec 2002 02:52:23 +0000, stats2000 wrote:
>
> >
> > Can a PR in Canada telework for a US based company (no branch in Canada)
> > under H1b visa? 2003 is my second year under H1B visa and I'd like to
> > make a formal request to my employer to work from Canada until the end
> > of H1B visa even if I have to take a 50% salary cut. Is this legal? Can
> > my employer spnsor for another 3 years while I reside in Canada? Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Posted via http://britishexpats.com
>
> If you are not physically in the US, you don't need an H-1B or any other
> visa. You might potentially have issues if you need to visit the employer,
> although the business visitor visa (B-1) is probably appropriate for that.
He's been told this several times on the Canadian newsgroup already!
>
> On Sat, 21 Dec 2002 02:52:23 +0000, stats2000 wrote:
>
> >
> > Can a PR in Canada telework for a US based company (no branch in Canada)
> > under H1b visa? 2003 is my second year under H1B visa and I'd like to
> > make a formal request to my employer to work from Canada until the end
> > of H1B visa even if I have to take a 50% salary cut. Is this legal? Can
> > my employer spnsor for another 3 years while I reside in Canada? Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Posted via http://britishexpats.com
>
> If you are not physically in the US, you don't need an H-1B or any other
> visa. You might potentially have issues if you need to visit the employer,
> although the business visitor visa (B-1) is probably appropriate for that.
He's been told this several times on the Canadian newsgroup already!
