I'm a non-resident non-citizen, I remotely manage and am a majority owner of a Florida LLC, who sells to US businesses, and has an offshore workforce.
The advice I was given is that I can work remotely from outside the states, but when I travel for business purposes with a B1 visa, I can meet providers and clients to discuss contracts, but I can't perform onsite work NOR ONSITE WORK! So I have to depend on my employees to work from outside the US, if I were to turn on my laptop in my hotel to login to our systems and write code, I would be violating my B1 Visa.
That's right, U.S. immigration doesn't reach beyond the borders of the U.S. so remote employment without work authorization is fine but once the remote worker enters the U.S., unless the worker has work authorization, the worker can't work although the worker can participate in meetings and training and can be reimbursed for reasonable travel expenses.
I'm a non-resident non-citizen, I remotely manage and am a majority owner of a Florida LLC, who sells to US businesses, and has an offshore workforce.
The advice I was given is that I can work remotely from outside the states, but when I travel for business purposes with a B1 visa, I can meet providers and clients to discuss contracts, but I can't perform onsite work NOR ONSITE WORK! So I have to depend on my employees to work from outside the US, if I were to turn on my laptop in my hotel to login to our systems and write code, I would be violating my B1 Visa.
Is this correct?