I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by keepamovin on Friday July 28, 2023 @10:43PM (#36916290)

If you’re not a US citizen but you’re traveling in the US and you own a US company and you occasionally do a couple hours of work for customers (emails, , but mostly sales are automatic) do you really need to get immigration work permit paperwork like an E3 or something to legally be doing that or is it OK?

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Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by proberts on Saturday July 29, 2023 @07:10AM (#36919038)

It depends on exactly what you do when here but if it's work, then yes, strictly speaking, you need work authorization. (Years ago, this wasn't true and one could travel to the U.S. as a business visitor to conduct business on a limited basis if employed by an entity abroad.) The problem is that such a work visa (the E-3, for example) requires a company in the U.S. to act as the petitioner/employer.

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Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by keepamovin on Saturday July 29, 2023 @07:53AM (#36919328)

Thank you sir for your very generous donation of your time!

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