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Working in the USA for living expenses only; allowed on VWP?
As a technical matter, your niece as a UK citizen can enter the U.S. under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP); the ESTA is an authorization for the bearer to attempt to enter under the VWP. VWP visitors ...
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Do celebrities require work visas for every country they visit?
If you're a celebrity organizing a world tour you are guaranteed to have dozens of crew members or partners resolving various issues with logistics in every country. Remember that visas aren't the ...
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Book a room with as few neighbours as possible
On AirBNB, set the type of place to "entire place," and then use the map to look in a rural area. Also, some listings give outside images that might give clues. And there might be clues in ...
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Book a room with as few neighbours as possible
Is there any specific filter at Booking.com or AirB&B or any other booking service that would allow me to search properties sorted or filtered by the total number of rooms?
No. It's too difficult ...
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Valid Tourist Visa for Business purpose
No, your visa is a uniform short-stay visa.
The Schengen system does not have different kinds of visas for business and tourism. Your visa is valid for all short visits to the Schengen area.
In the ...
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Working in the USA for living expenses only; allowed on VWP?
He has been told this by an immigration lawyer!
No, he hasn't. He's lying through his teeth, because as the top answer points out, the law makes it clear that ANY work, regardless of whether or not ...
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What visa covers me for remote working in the US whilst on holiday?
Technically there is no visa for the US that will allow you to work remotely while visiting. Here is a nice summary of all the potential visas and what is and isn't allowed. While there are some ...
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Aruba says tourists are not allowed to work there. How strictly should I interpret this?
The link you cited states the following:
Persons who are considered a tourist are those who travel to Aruba for one of the following purposes: vacation and relaxation, sport, health reasons, family ...
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UK certificate of eligibility
It’s going to be a certificate of regret for quite some time. There is no such thing. Run!
You obviously told them you don’t have any close friends or relatives in the UK so very shortly they are ...
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Working on eTA for a non-Canadian company
This is allowed. Canada is unusual in adopting such a modern approach to the question.
The government of Canada has a page discussing the definition of work in the context of work visas, which ...
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Do celebrities require work visas for every country they visit?
Several countries have "Entertainment" visas, which are are for singers/musicians, actors, and their back-stage crew.
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Is the Wi-Fi in high-speed trains in China reliable and fast enough for audio or video conferences?
It depends on the route and mobile network coverage (after all the Wi-Fi relies on 4G/5G) as well as, of course, how many people are using it at the same time.
There are HSRs that go through mountains ...
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Volunteering work
No.
You basically trying to work while on a tourist Visa. Getting paid through a third party doesn't change that.
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Are there high chances of getting visa refusal in UK for misinformation?
Yes, you definitely should update your application.
Contact UKVI using the link Traveller gave you, with an explanation of what happened. You may possibly be refused a visa, but giving false ...
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Singapore - Working on a tourist visa
Legally, yes you need a work visa, even for working remotely.
In practice, no one is going to come and check, if you occasionally login in to your work laptop.
If you don't want to, push back to your ...
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Canadian worker travelling to the US--can I work for 1-2 days for my Canadian employer?
You've asked for "incontrovertible source", so that's what I'm providing. As you can see from the other answers, a lot of people feel comfortable with ignoring the law excusing themselves ...
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Possible to Travel to A Quiet Place?
Three things are inevitable: Death, taxes and noise.
That being said, there are really levels of quietness and some places are nearly silent. Probably some of the quietest place is the desert. ...
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Is the Wi-Fi in high-speed trains in China reliable and fast enough for audio or video conferences?
Careful, foreigners will have a hard time using public Wi-Fi in China. The problem is the government doesn't want people on the internet anonymously. Wi-Fi typically has an authentication system ...
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Canadian citizen travelling to USA contracted by a Canadian company
You are allowed to visit for "business" which is different from "work". You can also (if you have a bachelor's degree) get a TN1 for temporary work, where the US company will pay ...
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Can I shoot short films on a tourist visa in the UK?
The legal answer to this is quite murky. But in practice, if it's just you and a camera shooting scenery in natural light, it's highly unlikely anybody would care, and in the unlikely event that they ...
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Planning US Tourist Visa overstay; is this a bad idea?
Answers first, but please read the whole post:
This will be one of a factors considered by the Consulate, but they will not be automatically denied visas simply because you overstayed. The consul ...
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Aruba says tourists are not allowed to work there. How strictly should I interpret this?
De jure there are dozens of complex laws and regulations regarding remote employment, under which you may or may not need a special visa in order to work in a given country. Tax laws are an additional ...
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UK certificate of eligibility
There is no such thing. I crafted this Google search (note the quotation marks).
The only hit is this question.
More broadly, the term "certificate of eligibility" is used for foreigners seeking ...
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Can I sort out my immigration/work visa during the time between flights in Canada?
You do not have a choice. You will have to do all your immigration formalities in Toronto. The flight from Toronto to Kelowna is a domestic flight, so you'll have to pass through immigration control ...
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What is the correct visa to visit my employer office in USA?
Most visits to an employer's headquarters are done on a B1 visa.
The rules say that you cannot do work on such a visa, and that is true. But immigration takes a fairly narrow view of what is "...
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Schengen visa: why bank statements if the company is sponsoring my visa?
There is no explanation in the official Visa Code I could find. But bank statements have other usefulness besides the usual "ensure the applicant has enough resources to support yourself during the ...
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