> almost no governments have legal frameworks for a digital nomad to work legally in a country
That's an ... interesting perspective. Put differently, most governments have a legal framework that prevents people from working on tourist visa.
That's an ... interesting perspective. Put differently, most governments have a legal framework that prevents people from working on tourist visa.
If a someone is on a trip abroad and gets a call/email from a customer from another country, they are technically working. Would that require a work visa?
How many emails per day would require a work visa?
The world is changing and laws aren't really keeping up.
Depends on the country in question of course but many places have different visas:
- Visitor visas: Usually valid for only a couple of days / weeks and geared towards business travelers. These usually allow working in the country.
- Tourist Visas: Usually valid for weeks/months and geared towards tourists.
If you are on the first then working isn't a problem. If you are on the second then (as the name implies) it is kind of assumed that you are a tourist/on vacation and as such won't be doing any work at all.
So to answer your question: If you are on a trip (I interpret this as a couple of days at best) then you won't need a work visa. If you want to stay there for a while though then technically yes.
> The world is changing and laws aren't really keeping up.
Are they though? I think it is fair to say that if you are staying in a country for an extended period of time (longer than a visitor visa) they have a right to tax you.
In your opinion the country would have the right to tax me, since I'm in the country on a Tourist Visa and I'm working?
Not to mention that in a situation like this they probably wouldn't come after you anyways, but i think they should still have the right to.
Also please note: This stems mostly from my personal opinion of not doing work outside of work hours unless explicitly agreed to. If I am on a vacation i don't do work unless everything back home is collapsing in a pile of flaming garbage.
Now, I can have a US income deposited into a US bank account, and decide to temporarily move somewhere for 6-12 months, either with my employers permission, without, or as a freelancer who doesn't need to worry about this.
100% this breaks the rules of a tourist visa, yet it's commonplace. And most governments have no alternative visa. Not because they legitimately want to ban tourists from working for a couple of months from their overpriced AirBnB & spending money like a tourist, but because it's not yet addressed by most travel or immigration frameworks.