Canada PR working in USA occasionally - what visa needed

[venkat51286]

Hi all, first of all many thanks to you for answering my other posts in these forums (you guys are awesome!). I am on H1B and have Canada PR and trying to move there. I was talking to a services company (who have office both in CA and USA) to do full time remote work from Canada. They asked it should be fine if I can occasionally travel to client sites in USA. Do I need H1 visa for random client work in USA or any different visa needed. I believe business visa is not meant for me (as I am a technical guy not involved in sales). Thanks in advance!

 

[harirajmohan]

Hi all, first of all many thanks to you for answering my other posts in these forums (you guys are awesome!). I am on H1B and have Canada PR and trying to move there. I was talking to a services company (who have office both in CA and USA) to do full time remote work from Canada. They asked it should be fine if I can occasionally travel to client sites in USA. Do I need H1 visa for random client work in USA or any different visa needed. I believe business visa is not meant for me (as I am a technical guy not involved in sales). Thanks in advance!

It depends on the nature of that random client work.
If its just meetings and stuff and for few days in a month/quarter then B1 is fine.
if its going to be development/implementation at client side for few weeks frequently then H1 or L1 is necessary.
So its all based on the scope/nature, frequency and length of work.

 

[venkat51286]

It depends on the nature of that random client work.
If its just meetings and stuff and for few days in a month/quarter then B1 is fine.
if its going to be development/implementation at client side for few weeks frequently then H1 or L1 is necessary.
So its all based on the scope/nature, frequency and length of work.

Thanks @harirajmohan I will get more details from them.