complicated Situation, Visa Waiver Program, B1/B2, Working Remotely for Us Company

[xxtraloud 0]

so this is a very complicated situation, I am an Italian citizen currently in Italy, I have been in the US several times on several visas: F1, J1, visa waiver program. I've never overstayed and always followed the rules. My last visa was an F1 followed by one year of OPT. Currently I am a contractor for a US company, I do not receive a W-2, they made me fill out a W8-ben.

Since I've completed a master in computer science at a US university in December of 2008, I'm now planning to apply to a PhD program, I need to spend a good amount of time in the US to visit schools, attend conferences, but also do some traveling which I never had time for when I was a student and of course spending time with my friends. this trip is not related at all to my work, my employer doesn't care where i am when i work.

I would like to go there with the visa waiver program for october-december, then return home and stay here for a month and a half and apply for a B-1/B-2 visa. And if I get it try to stay 6 months from Feb-july. I would like to know if I could run into problems either at the embassy when I apply for the visa or at the port of entry. Should I even mention anything about this job? it sounds like it might mess up the whole application because they might not understand that it has nothing to do with the purpose of my visit. Also I am concerned about applying for a B2 visa shortly after coming back from my visa waiver stay.

Does anybody have any suggestions, ideas or previous experience. I'm not sure how to go about this.

Thanks a lot for your time.

[Boiler 43,436]

You can not work whilst you are in the US, W2 or not.

That might change your plans.

[xxtraloud 0]

You can not work whilst you are in the US, W2 or not.

That might change your plans.

Are you saying that while in the US with a tourist visa I cannot do any work for an Italian company while I travel? Are they going to come and check my laptop to see if I'm doing any work?

[Boiler 43,436]

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=679638

For those interested in following the discussion.

[leahandlucas 15]

Look nutsack....after reading your posts on britishexpats...it just does NOT make sense at all what you are doing....

First...you are comming with $20,000...anything over $10,000 HAS to be DECLARED or it can be confiscated permanently....second...as a tourist with $20,000???...

Second...you want to come from Sep-Dec for around 85 days...go back for 2 months...then go again for like 6 months???...that right there is IMMIGRANT INTENT...you have to have equal the amount of days OUTSIDE the U.S. as inside the U.S. to be deemed to not have immigrant intent...SO...if your there 3 months in the U.S....you have to be out for 3 months and not return before unless its for a few days...

For reals...take ya hand off your ding-a-ling.

Do it the RIGHT way, and go on the VWP and THEN when you return...apply for another student visa...stay home...save more money....

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Look nutsack....after reading your posts on britishexpats...it just does NOT make sense at all what you are doing....

First...you are comming with $20,000...anything over $10,000 HAS to be DECLARED or it can be confiscated permanently....second...as a tourist with $20,000???...

Second...you want to come from Sep-Dec for around 85 days...go back for 2 months...then go again for like 6 months???...that right there is IMMIGRANT INTENT...you have to have equal the amount of days OUTSIDE the U.S. as inside the U.S. to be deemed to not have immigrant intent...SO...if your there 3 months in the U.S....you have to be out for 3 months and not return before unless its for a few days...

For reals...take ya hand off your ding-a-ling.

Do it the RIGHT way, and go on the VWP and THEN when you return...apply for another student visa...stay home...save more money....

hey lucas, I think you are one of the few who actually gave me a decent answer. I don't have any intention of immigrating whatsoever even if it might look like it, if I planned to stay I could stay on my first VWP, there would be no reason to go back and do all that hassle.

but I think I am gonna get some student visa.

also, when I said $20,000 I didn't mean I am going to carry with me all that cash, what are you crazy? I am probably gonna have with me $20 at the most. You know they invented something called debit and credit cards. I have a US bank account, I just said I have those funds, not that I travel with $20,000 in my pocket.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

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