My partner might be doing a placement as part of her course in the US for a couple of months (highly speculative at this point). I'd like to go with them and work while I'm there. I had a look at doing a contract in the US, but there appears to be no visa for temporary work and H1-B would require a long commitment with low chances of actually getting one.
Second idea was to do a contract for a UK employer from the US. Several questions here - is it legal and simple for visa and tax purposes? I'd assume since I was not doing work in the USA I'd be ok on a tourist via. Would a client accept a contractor's offset hours (9-5 UK time would be 3am - 10am so parity is clearly not viable for anyone but the most hardened of night owls) and is it actually practical?
Second idea was to do a contract for a UK employer from the US. Several questions here - is it legal and simple for visa and tax purposes? I'd assume since I was not doing work in the USA I'd be ok on a tourist via. Would a client accept a contractor's offset hours (9-5 UK time would be 3am - 10am so parity is clearly not viable for anyone but the most hardened of night owls) and is it actually practical?
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