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

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