Being found to be breaching your visa conditions, especially in a pre-meditated way, is somewhat worse than being kicked out of an Airbnb.
Tread carefully.
Billionaires don't tend to their business affairs when they're abroad?
It's just that no state would bust them on a "no business visa" issue for that, they want their money and investments.
CBP Agent: Purpose of stay?
Nomad: Pleasure
CBP Agent: types It appears you work for a remote startup. Are you currently working for them and/or do you plan on continuing to work within our country?
Maybe they let you stay if you're honest? Likely you're on the next flight out and you incur the possibility of a visa blacklist.
Disclaimer: Have an associate who has been blacklisted from US entry due to lying to CBP. Don't lie at border control.
More likely they could not care less, and welcome the money you'll spend in the country.
Those "work" restrictions are for poor immigrants that they want to discourage coming in (the kind you see on Mexican border and such) not for first worlders with mucho dinero.
Except there are.
You think the UK would want France's unemployed for example?
https://twitter.com/mysonabsalom/status/1072223868717289473
People sidestepping that fee because they're "digital nomads" are not welcome.
If you're, say, a US citizen visas aren't required in a lot of cases and visas on arrival often don't distinguish between business and tourism.
And by all means talk to your congressman about passing such laws
I for one will be not paying my income tax this year, as I bring income to the country when my landlord/restaurant/cinema pays taxes.
From the government's perspective, it's a razor thin margin policy endeavor. For you as a digital nomad, you think it's a great deal for them. For a government, they'll just work towards more tourism instead (which nets them greater ROI; way more tourists in the world compared to remote workers).
I somewhat agree with you, depending on the circumstances (as always, "it depends"). I'm pointing out where we are today. Be the change, sell it to countries if you want to see it implemented.
It doesn't even matter if by coming in they'd made you more money, you could very well not want to get more money that way, but instead e.g. prefer your peace, cultural coherence, and lack of Starbucks.
...surveillance of
social media
and LinkedIn.
Only the dumbest of the dumb operate a social media persona. Specifically because only the dumbest of the dumb give up control of their details, and dump them out in the open to get crawled and surveilled.
It’s the low hanging fruit that will get popped for a LinkedIn (or other social) avatar.
Word of mouth is the only professional channel that matters. It’s the only trustworthy channel that can be relied on in a professional context.