Is 'home office' allowed in Canada for foreigners?

[micedk]

Hi everyone,
I couldn't seem to find an answer for this - my situation is as following:

I'm a danish citizen living in Germany, working for a German company. My girlfriend (and common-law partner) is Canadian and recently moved back to Canada. I'm in the fortunate situation that my company allows me to go stay with her and do 'home office' from abroad. The question is though, is that even legal? I'm not working for any Canadian clients, nor do I have any income in Canada.

So when entering, should I file that I'm working for the German company while being there, or just go as a visitor? Issue with the latter is, that I get a monthly salary from my employer, which will be hard to argue if I'm not officially working in the period.

The duration of my stay will be 4 months (and have already been in Canada for 6 weeks this year).

I have an eTA.
But do I really need a full blown Visitor Visa? (Lots of forms and proof to fill out and collect before I go to Canada in end August).

Thanks for your help,
Jacob

 

[XpressEnterprise]

This may help answer your query

Re: Work online for US company, while visiting Canada

 

[Bs65]

Hi everyone,
I couldn't seem to find an answer for this - my situation is as following:

I'm a danish citizen living in Germany, working for a German company. My girlfriend (and common-law partner) is Canadian and recently moved back to Canada. I'm in the fortunate situation that my company allows me to go stay with her and do 'home office' from abroad. The question is though, is that even legal? I'm not working for any Canadian clients, nor do I have any income in Canada.

So when entering, should I file that I'm working for the German company while being there, or just go as a visitor? Issue with the latter is, that I get a monthly salary from my employer, which will be hard to argue if I'm not officially working in the period.

The duration of my stay will be 4 months (and have already been in Canada for 6 weeks this year).

I have an eTA.
But do I really need a full blown Visitor Visa? (Lots of forms and proof to fill out and collect before I go to Canada in end August).

Thanks for your help,
Jacob

the official definition of what would be considered work is here scroll down for the remote work section
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/temp/work/about.asp

Personally i would just tell CBSA you are visiting your girlfriend and not volunteer any info on working unless any questions asked take you in that direction which may do if funding trip comes up. Assume you are travelling on Danish passport so as visa exempt you probably get 6 months entry as default unless CBSA have some reason.So just be convincing main reason for visit is to be with girlfriend

 

[micedk]

Alright, this answers my question - Thanks a lot guys.

I also found this definition of 'Business visitor', which seems to apply to my case as well in case they ask.
cic.gc.ca/english/visit/business-who.asp

As a Dane, all I need is
- an eTA
- proof of employment and income outside of Canada
- proof I have sufficient funds to finance my stay and that I can afford a ticket out of the country (I already have a return flight).
- and probably also a good idea to have proof of having an out-of-country health insurance.

Thanks!
Jacob

 

[medellru]

Jacob, CBSA agents read this forum....misrepresentation will turn you back to EU.