I own Classroom Canada, a Canadian teacher recruitment company that helps Canadian teachers move to work in London, England. I do this from Canada, but get paid in British pounds from a UK company. This means that I am technically a "sole proprietorship" company in Canada, so, self employed. I invoice the UK company and pay taxes here in Canada.
Now, I've just expanded to help the American teachers with Classroom America. It's the exact same thing - helping American teachers move to work in London. I'm looking into living in NYC for a few years to really get in there with American teachers. I specialize in helping inner city school teachers, so NYC makes sense as they have similar practices to London. It's also much closer to Toronto than where I live now (Victoria, BC) so will be much easier for me to interview Canadian teachers in Ontario.
So, my question for you, dear reader is this: Can I do this? I realize I could do it illegally by just spending 6 months of the year in the states, but really, I am not into that option. Can I move to the states as a small business owner? Does anyone know what that would be called? It's not like I'm trying to move a massive corporation there, so I'm a bit confused on all the options listed in the immigration site. I could employ an American citizen (in fact, I'd really like to hire an administrator to help me check all my teacher's paperwork), so I'm not sure if that helps.
I'm sorry if this has already been asked by someone else. Actually, if it has and you know where, please point me in their direction!
Thanks so much!
Victoria Westcott
Classroom Canada, and soon...Classroom America
