[BNM] Itchy feet [ot]

[Chris Billett]

Yes, I have been told that I should say I'm attending meetings if ever  
quizzed. I never have been that thoroughly.

Meetings with lots of cables.

It's all above board to be honest, but immigration is the most  
horribly American part of America and you have to play the game to  
avoid trouble.

On 3 Sep 2008, at 14:52, "Chris Korhonen" <ckorhonen at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you are being paid in the UK, don't mention that you are coming to
> the US for work at immigration - they tend to get confused when you
> say that!
>
> Either say its a holiday, or be very specific and say its a business  
> meeting.
>
> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 6:50 AM, 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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>> http://www.shardcore.org
>> shardcore at shardcore.org
>>
>>
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