Re:International Travel Guide for Basecamp employees
by talklittle on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @10:24AM
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The work vs. business question is simpler than that. Business = working in US for a foreign company. Work = working in US for a US company.
Presumably Basecamp has set up business entities abroad.
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Re:International Travel Guide for Basecamp employees
by mdc2161 on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @11:00AM
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I ran into this a lot while crossing the border into Canada as a consultant, I presume it is similar crossing the border in the other direction.
Internal business meetings did not require a work visa, while meetings with one of our clients did.
A company composed of a lot of remote workers outside US that definitely goes out of their way to have their employees come into the US for their business meetings is a keeper.
On a side note, I am a bit confused on a questionnaire asked at the Customs:
Here to do work? Nope! Here on business, meeting with Basecamp.
Wouldn't this be under the discretion of the customs officer to determine whether business meeting qualifies as work? I suppose that being on a business meeting with your company still predisposes the fact that you are technically still paid on those days that you are meeting with your company?