Ms Epicure
New Member
I am a Canadian citizen who is living and working in the US (very close to the Canada-US border) on a TN visa. I have been operating a hobby blog and recently, I have been approached by a US company that wants me to post a sponsored blog post, reviewing one of their products (in exchange for a payment). I know that I cannot do any type of work for compensation, while physically in the US on a TN visa, other than for my current TN employer. However, if I did the work associated with this engagement--wrote and published the blog post--while physically in Canada, would that be a violation of my TN visa? Since the payment is over $600, I plan on having the US company fill out a W-8-BEN with my Canadian Social Insurance Number. Do I need to make sure that the payment is deposited in a Canadian bank account? In addition, would any other part of my correspondence with the US company--i.e. negotiation of the amount of compensation--be considered "work?" In other words--do I need to be physically in Canada while I merely negotiate the terms of the engagement? Or, do I need to ensure that I am physically in Canada only while I complete the work for which I am receiving compensation--writing and posting the blog post?
