[BNM] Itchy feet [ot]

[Chris Billett]

My bad I expect. My fees still came from images's uk branch even when  
working for them in NYC for a month, and the other times were show  
builds sent from London too.

On 3 Sep 2008, at 11:50, shardcore <shardcore at shardcore.org> wrote:

> as i understand it, it depends who's paying you.
>
> if you are working for a UK company for a short period in the states,
> then fine, you can do the job.
>
> if you are being paid by US company you are liable for taxes, need a
> social security number, etc etc.
>
> i read your email as suggesting you we going to be employed by a US
> company [and i presume paid in dollars] hence the need for a 'proper'
> visa.
>
> obviously, you should take proper advice on this, i'm just speaking as
> someone who travelled and worked extensively in the US over a number
> of years, before a botched green card application got me booted for
> good [as i said before, it's a long story, best told over beer]
>
>
> On 3 Sep 2008, at 11:39, Chris Billett wrote:
>
>>
>> On 3 Sep 2008, at 11:27, shardcore wrote:
>>
>>> whatever you
>>> do, don't try working on a visa waiver or very*bad*things can happen
>>> if you get caught...
>>
>> ... it's not illegal. I've never had any problem when I've said I was
>> arriving to build a show for two weeks. Perhaps it's not technically
>> the same visa waiver program? They've never explained it as anything
>> else, though.
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