Working for UK company whilst in Canada - Odd one

[mad_dr]

Hi all!

I'm trying to ensure I don't fall foul of any laws here so would appreciate any advice/thoughts before I do anything else!

1. I'm in the UK (British Citizen) and have applied for PR under the family (spouse) class via London.
2. My wife has been approved as a sponsor and we have provided my employment history since I was 18 years old (contra to the forms which say last 10 years if that's more recent) and we're now awaiting my PR permission to arrive.
3. We applied in April and we fly to Canada in October.
4. Given the strike, we're expecting for me to need to arrive as a tourist initially and continue waiting for my PR to arrive at which point I'll flagpole and land as a PR.
5. Whilst I'm there as a tourist I obviously won't be working. However I presume there's nothing stopping me from looking for work, volunteering, etc providing I'm not drawing a salary or any benefits-in-kind.

6. Because our relocation date is fixed and fast approaching, my current place of work (London-based) has asked if I'd be willing to do remote freelance work for them from Canada and I'm trying to determine whether this would be breaking any laws.
7. Although I'll physically be in Canada, I'll still be a British Citizen and technically resident in the UK.
8. The work (which is all online) will be for UK customers, for a UK company and I'd be paid into my UK bank account in GBP as normal.

I don't see much difference between the above and when I've visited Canada on holiday countless times in the past and have conducted conference calls, emails, etc which is effectively what I'd be doing this time.

But I wanted to check rather than assume anything so wondered if anyone could offer any thoughts/experience around this?

Many thanks!
Andy

 

[PMM]

Hi

Hi all!

I'm trying to ensure I don't fall foul of any laws here so would appreciate any advice/thoughts before I do anything else!

1. I'm in the UK (British Citizen) and have applied for PR under the family (spouse) class via London.
2. My wife has been approved as a sponsor and we have provided my employment history since I was 18 years old (contra to the forms which say last 10 years if that's more recent) and we're now awaiting my PR permission to arrive.
3. We applied in April and we fly to Canada in October.
4. Given the strike, we're expecting for me to need to arrive as a tourist initially and continue waiting for my PR to arrive at which point I'll flagpole and land as a PR.
5. Whilst I'm there as a tourist I obviously won't be working. However I presume there's nothing stopping me from looking for work, volunteering, etc providing I'm not drawing a salary or any benefits-in-kind.

6. Because our relocation date is fixed and fast approaching, my current place of work (London-based) has asked if I'd be willing to do remote freelance work for them from Canada and I'm trying to determine whether this would be breaking any laws.
7. Although I'll physically be in Canada, I'll still be a British Citizen and technically resident in the UK.
8. The work (which is all online) will be for UK customers, for a UK company and I'd be paid into my UK bank account in GBP as normal.

I don't see much difference between the above and when I've visited Canada on holiday countless times in the past and have conducted conference calls, emails, etc which is effectively what I'd be doing this time.

But I wanted to check rather than assume anything so wondered if anyone could offer any thoughts/experience around this?

Many thanks!
Andy

Yes, as long as you don't work for any Canadian clients.

 

[mad_dr]

Excellent - thank you!

So as long as my employer is not based in Canada and my pay comes from outside Canada, I should be fine. Great! I expect it'll be very temporary (assuming PAFSO are operational again before too long).

Cheers!

 

[Canooknic]

My husband finished a project for his UK employer when he first landed, he worked for about a month (6 weeks?) and he already had his PR so just declared the small amount of income when he did his first tax return, but I don't believe it made any difference because it wasn't a big amount - we just wanted to cover our backs 'just in case'!!