Freelance Writer - Contract

Hello, I am a Canadian Citizen living temporarily in the US. I have gotten an offer for a contract position as a Freelance Writer. Is there a way I could do that job here in the US, if I pay taxes in Canada? Or is it any other way it could be arranged. I am here with my husband. Thank you.

Unless you get some sort of work visa, no you can't legally work in the US.

Depends on what the writing is about, technical writers can get TN-1, journalists can get an I visa. But qualifying for I visas is quite tricky.

It's one of these silly things that US immigration law never really took into account, there's all kinds of caveats to the B-2 visitor category, for example not many people know that you can give paid speeches in B-2 (within reason, I think they say two or three max in a short period - designed for ex-politicians). Travel writers claim they can write in the US on B-2, but I doubt that stretches as far as a US contract to do it.

If your husband is there on a visa that has a derivative that allows you to work, e.g. L-1 (you'd get L-2) or E-1 or E-2 (you'd apply on I-765 for an EAD), then you could do it legally.

Or you could just say you wrote it all in Canada which I'm sure is what most people do, although I emphasise the point that it is illegal to do it that way.

For taxes have a read of: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/p151/README.html

[quote="Steven"][.]although I emphasise the point that it is illegal to do it that way[.]

My lawyer always use this 'emphasize' word in a sentence like yours and I never liked that.

Yes as Steven mentioned -- if its a Technical writer position you may qualify for the TN Visa.