Working remotely for a foreign company as contractor on IR1

[anon112358 1]

Hello, fellow VisaJourney members,

 

I have an offer to work remotely for a US-based parent company's foreign subsidiary company as a contractor. Will work for this foreign company cause any problems down the line?

I have been going through this IRS article but am still confused as to whether I would be eligible to work.

 

[TBoneTX 44,805]

Thread is moved from the "Finding Work" forum to the "Working & Traveling" forum -- topic is eligibility to work rather than how to find work.

Edited May 4, 2022 by TBoneTX

[Kai G. Llewellyn 829]

40 minutes ago, anon112358 said:

Hello, fellow VisaJourney members,

 

I have an offer to work remotely for a US-based parent company's foreign subsidiary company as a contractor. Will work for this foreign company cause any problems down the line?

I have been going through this IRS article but am still confused as to whether I would be eligible to work.

 

Just to clarify, you say you're working for a US company's subsidiary while *outside* the US? If so, no work authorization is needed for that.

 

If you are working for a foreign company while you are in the US, the consensus here is that work authorization is required. I personally would argue that it's absolutely needed if it's a subsidiary of a US company as a US based contractor.

 

If you have work authorization such as an EAD or Green Card, then don't sweat it, it doesn't matter from an immigration perspective.

Edited May 4, 2022 by Kai G. Llewellyn

[JeanneAdil 6,402]

you have an IR1 from your status (heading for the post)

so ,  u can work

have u received the actual green card yet?

I 551 stamp on visa acts as green card for a year

work how long outside the US? 

as this affects your ability to naturalize later 

do u have your SS # yet as that is needed to file IRS taxes as required 

and the company needs your SS # to withhold the necessary federal taxes, medicare, and SS amounts 

will u maintain a US residency during this work period?

[anon112358 1]

 

29 minutes ago, Kai G. Llewellyn said:

Just to clarify, you say you're working for a US company's subsidiary while *outside* the US? If so, no work authorization is needed for that.

 

If you are working for a foreign company while you are in the US, the consensus here is that work authorization is required. I personally would argue that it's absolutely needed if it's a subsidiary of a US company as a US based contractor.

 

If you have work authorization such as an EAD or Green Card, then don't sweat it, it doesn't matter from an immigration perspective.

Work remotely while in the US. Sorry if I wasn't clear.

I will be entering US soon on IR1 and I already have an SSN since I worked part time on F1 visa years back.

Thanks for your response!

[anon112358 1]

5 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

you have an IR1 from your status (heading for the post)

so ,  u can work

have u received the actual green card yet?

I 551 stamp on visa acts as green card for a year

work how long outside the US? 

as this affects your ability to naturalize later 

do u have your SS # yet as that is needed to file IRS taxes as required 

and the company needs your SS # to withhold the necessary federal taxes, medicare, and SS amounts 

will u maintain a US residency during this work period?

I do have an IR1 visa and will be getting I 551 stamp at POE soon.

I also have SS # as I worked part time on F1 visa few years back.
I will be residing in US and work remotely for a foreign company. (The parent company is headquartered in US, however my employment would be in the form of a contract with its subsidiary in Europe).

 

I should have posted my question clearly, sorry about that!

[Kai G. Llewellyn 829]

24 minutes ago, anon112358 said:

I do have an IR1 visa and will be getting I 551 stamp at POE soon.

I also have SS # as I worked part time on F1 visa few years back.
I will be residing in US and work remotely for a foreign company. (The parent company is headquartered in US, however my employment would be in the form of a contract with its subsidiary in Europe).

 

I should have posted my question clearly, sorry about that!

Oh yeah, you're fine then. I'm working remotely for my Canadian employer while living in the US. While it is 'fun' from a tax perspective, from an immigration perspective, they don't care.

[anon112358 1]

1 hour ago, Kai G. Llewellyn said:

Oh yeah, you're fine then. I'm working remotely for my Canadian employer while living in the US. While it is 'fun' from a tax perspective, from an immigration perspective, they don't care.

Awesome, thank you so much!

[JeanneAdil 6,402]

no problems

Edited May 4, 2022 by JeanneAdil