I am working on my address & employment history for the last 10 years as part of spousal sponsorship (I'm American, getting sponsored by my Canadian wife). One of those years (2011) I was living and working in Swaziland (southern Africa).
I know that my employers were paying taxes for/on me but I also know they never ended up getting me a work permit like they planned on. So I would leave the country every 30 days and re-enter as a tourist. I never worried about this, as it really wasn't a problem there, but now I don't know what to put on my form. If I list that I was working there but select 'visitor' as a status, surely that will make it look like I worked illegally. However if I choose my status as 'worker', are they going to check if I had a valid work permit? Which answer is worse?
Has anyone had to prove their worker status in another country before?
I know that my employers were paying taxes for/on me but I also know they never ended up getting me a work permit like they planned on. So I would leave the country every 30 days and re-enter as a tourist. I never worried about this, as it really wasn't a problem there, but now I don't know what to put on my form. If I list that I was working there but select 'visitor' as a status, surely that will make it look like I worked illegally. However if I choose my status as 'worker', are they going to check if I had a valid work permit? Which answer is worse?
Has anyone had to prove their worker status in another country before?
