Weird question - working remotely without EAD?

[carfey 0]

Hi,

I work remotely from my home office in Vancouver for a Toronto company. Once my K-1 visa goes through and I move to the US, there's nothing really stopping me from continuing to work, besides legal issues.

I have a feeling I couldn't work without an EAD, but since I'm working for a Canadian company I'm wondering if there is some allowance for this. Anyone hear of a similar circumstance? I haven't been able to find any info on this.

[Waiting in Vancouver 6]

Hi,

I work remotely from my home office in Vancouver for a Toronto company. Once my K-1 visa goes through and I move to the US, there's nothing really stopping me from continuing to work, besides legal issues.

I have a feeling I couldn't work without an EAD, but since I'm working for a Canadian company I'm wondering if there is some allowance for this. Anyone hear of a similar circumstance? I haven't been able to find any info on this.

I had asked this same question months ago and did some research and as far as I could find out you can't do any sort of work from within the US with out work Authorization ... Now that being said, I would imagine that that you should be able to work for the 90 days of your I-94 as long as you get a SSN card (as K-1s are allowed to work for the length of the I-94 but we have no document to prove that we are allowed to) but I am not 100% sure of that ... Others might be able to answer that question ... you could also figure out which Canada - US border crossing are giving the 90 Temporary EAD stamp ...

On a side note, I wanted to make sure that you knew that Canadian Employment Insurance will give you benefits when you come to the US on a K-1 Visa ... I am currently collecting Canadian EI and my benefits will stop when my K-1 Visa expires unless I get my 1 year EAD or GC prior to that date ... Then I will have to send them a copy of the document to continue my claim ... Although I am not so worried about what happens after I get work authorization as I already have a job lined up ....

[carfey 0]

Hi,

I work remotely from my home office in Vancouver for a Toronto company. Once my K-1 visa goes through and I move to the US, there's nothing really stopping me from continuing to work, besides legal issues.

I have a feeling I couldn't work without an EAD, but since I'm working for a Canadian company I'm wondering if there is some allowance for this. Anyone hear of a similar circumstance? I haven't been able to find any info on this.

I had asked this same question months ago and did some research and as far as I could find out you can't do any sort of work from within the US with out work Authorization ... Now that being said, I would imagine that that you should be able to work for the 90 days of your I-94 as long as you get a SSN card (as K-1s are allowed to work for the length of the I-94 but we have no document to prove that we are allowed to) but I am not 100% sure of that ... Others might be able to answer that question ... you could also figure out which Canada - US border crossing are giving the 90 Temporary EAD stamp ...

On a side note, I wanted to make sure that you knew that Canadian Employment Insurance will give you benefits when you come to the US on a K-1 Visa ... I am currently collecting Canadian EI and my benefits will stop when my K-1 Visa expires unless I get my 1 year EAD or GC prior to that date ... Then I will have to send them a copy of the document to continue my claim ... Although I am not so worried about what happens after I get work authorization as I already have a job lined up ....

Thanks for the info. I had actually just heard you could collect EI and I was pretty impressed It's not too much money but it will be nice.

[Waiting in Vancouver 6]

Hi,

I work remotely from my home office in Vancouver for a Toronto company. Once my K-1 visa goes through and I move to the US, there's nothing really stopping me from continuing to work, besides legal issues.

I have a feeling I couldn't work without an EAD, but since I'm working for a Canadian company I'm wondering if there is some allowance for this. Anyone hear of a similar circumstance? I haven't been able to find any info on this.

I had asked this same question months ago and did some research and as far as I could find out you can't do any sort of work from within the US with out work Authorization ... Now that being said, I would imagine that that you should be able to work for the 90 days of your I-94 as long as you get a SSN card (as K-1s are allowed to work for the length of the I-94 but we have no document to prove that we are allowed to) but I am not 100% sure of that ... Others might be able to answer that question ... you could also figure out which Canada - US border crossing are giving the 90 Temporary EAD stamp ...

On a side note, I wanted to make sure that you knew that Canadian Employment Insurance will give you benefits when you come to the US on a K-1 Visa ... I am currently collecting Canadian EI and my benefits will stop when my K-1 Visa expires unless I get my 1 year EAD or GC prior to that date ... Then I will have to send them a copy of the document to continue my claim ... Although I am not so worried about what happens after I get work authorization as I already have a job lined up ....

Thanks for the info. I had actually just heard you could collect EI and I was pretty impressed It's not too much money but it will be nice.

Ya it is not alot ... I get the maximum you can get which is $413.00 CDN ... After deductions you have about $310.00 CDN and once my bank converts it to US and the fees and what not we end up with about $250.00 US per week ... The way we look at its better than nothing

[Yodrak 7]

carfey,

No allowance. But also no immigration consequence. Just be sure to report the income to IRS.

Don't know if you would have any obligation to pay into the SSA programs - maybe mdyoung would know.

Yodrak

Hi,

I work remotely from my home office in Vancouver for a Toronto company. Once my K-1 visa goes through and I move to the US, there's nothing really stopping me from continuing to work, besides legal issues.

I have a feeling I couldn't work without an EAD, but since I'm working for a Canadian company I'm wondering if there is some allowance for this. Anyone hear of a similar circumstance? I haven't been able to find any info on this.