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Re:Meta faces ‘morale crisis’ as top execs work from other c... by pavlov on Saturday April 15, 2023 @11:38AM (#35581600)
> “Tourism is a permissible purpose, and it is legitimately the purpose of entry for ‘digital nomads’.”

The dictionary definition of tourism is travel for pleasure. Full-time employment paid in another country is not that.

But of course online remote work is so new that legislation written decades ago doesn’t explicitly cover this. Maybe you’re right and the many immigration professionals I’ve talked to are just being overly cautious. I still wouldn’t recommend anyone try entering the United States on a tourist visa and telling the immigration officer that they’re going to be working remotely.

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Re:Meta faces ‘morale crisis’ as top execs work from other c... by AmericanChopper on Saturday April 15, 2023 @06:23PM (#35585206)
Full time employment isn’t the purpose for which a digital nomad enters any country. They already have that in their home country, and presence in the US (or any other country) doesn’t enable them to fulfil their duties in a way that they couldn’t do in any other country.

A digital nomad enters a country exclusively to pursue the pleasure of tourism. The entire point of digital nomadism is that those people have realised they can engage in tourism year-round.

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