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Working Abroad

May 06, 2013 12:30

I was recently given the opportunity to take a new position... where in I work from home. Typing behavioral health reports, which is really interesting. I got to thinking, since I can log in from anywhere... could I work from another country? Has anyone done this? The idea just appeared, I haven't researched it but I prefer to hear personal ( Read more... )

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bart_calendar May 7 2013, 08:27:27 UTC

I work as a freelance writer from home in France. I've never bothered to get a French work visa, because my clients simply wire money to my American bank account so there is no paper trail in France.

annaonthemoon May 8 2013, 06:26:43 UTC

If you are coming into the UK as a visitor, you can't work even if it's for a US company as it's against the terms of the visitor visa and if caught, you could be deported and face a 10 year ban on entering the UK.

I know people who this has happened to (one person was visiting and only accepted money for looking after a friend's child for a few hours!) and it's not a trivial matter. I personally wouldn't take the risk.

ruadh1888 May 9 2013, 05:38:25 UTC

There are some countries that will allow you to reside if you can show that you are self-sufficient, have health insurance etc, but you'd really need to research this on a country-by-country basis.

I have a friend who travels all over the world and supports herself by copy-editing things emailed to her. She receives payment by Pay-Pal. I don't think the countries she enters knows what she's doing, though! She mainly stays in third world countries where the cost of living is very low.

littlelauren86 May 21 2013, 23:07:50 UTC

Like someone else said, it depends on the country. Just make a list of countries you're interested in, and then see if what you want to do is possible within that country.

For example, I know you could go to Colombia. You could ideally go, find a part time job as an English teacher, get a work visa and stay as long as you want. You could use you typing job as your main source of income. So, it's possible.

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