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Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by coldtea on Saturday December 08, 2018 @06:42AM (#18634820)
>CBP Agent: types It appears you work for a remote startup. Are you currently working for them and/or do you plan on continuing to work within our country? Maybe they let you stay if you're honest? Likely you're on the next flight out and you incur the possibility of a visa blacklist.

More likely they could not care less, and welcome the money you'll spend in the country.

Those "work" restrictions are for poor immigrants that they want to discourage coming in (the kind you see on Mexican border and such) not for first worlders with mucho dinero.

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Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by isostatic on Saturday December 08, 2018 @07:33PM (#18638396)
That explains why there are no immigration restrictions between the Us and UK or France and Australia or whatever.

Except there are.

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Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by coldtea on Sunday December 09, 2018 @12:23PM (#18641994)
Both have millions of illegals and tons of native "developed world" style poor within their borders.

You think the UK would want France's unemployed for example?

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Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by isostatic on Thursday December 13, 2018 @05:21AM (#18671231)
The UK is happy to take employed americans. Just pay £12,000 every 2 years for the privilege.

https://twitter.com/mysonabsalom/status/1072223868717289473

People sidestepping that fee because they're "digital nomads" are not welcome.

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Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by detaro on Saturday December 08, 2018 @06:56AM (#18634843)
On the other hand, there's a bunch of stories about people traveling to present something at a conference getting into trouble because that the border guard said it needs a business visa of some kind. That's maybe different kind of work, but also something one would think not that important.
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Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by ghaff on Saturday December 08, 2018 @08:55AM (#18635198)
Because that’s clearly business, especially if you’re being paid or sponsored. If you get a specifically tourist visa and then admit to being in the country on business there’s probably going to be an issue.

If you're, say, a US citizen visas aren't required in a lot of cases and visas on arrival often don't distinguish between business and tourism.

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Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by isostatic on Sunday December 09, 2018 @06:08AM (#18640307)
ESTAs do differentiate between business and tourism. “WB” or “WT”.
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Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by xkcd-sucks on Saturday December 08, 2018 @03:08PM (#18637240)
Well yeah border guards are human and display the full range of human behavior
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