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nwomac
Joined: 12 May 2007
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Location: Dallas,Texas
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 Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 1:41 am Post subject: Working in two countries |
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Hello,
I have a legal question I hope someone can answer. From what I understand, you may work legally for more than one company or organization after working for one year in Mexico. Is this correct?
The more serious question is can you work legally in Mexico at a school AND work online as a tutor for a US company getting paid in USD?
I anxiously await intelligent input.
Thanks
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Tretyakovskii
Joined: 14 Aug 2009
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Location: Cancun, Mexico
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| Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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| ...[may you] work legally for more than one company or organization after working for one year in Mexico? |
There is no such limitation that I'm aware of. If you have the permission of INM, you may work for more than one employer at the same time, from the first day.
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| ...can you work legally in Mexico at a school AND work online as a tutor for a US company getting paid in USD? |
In this, you are asking for a conjecture more than you may realize, but I'll offer one, plus an observation. (Other posters may have something more concrete to offer, or care to stake out a more definite position than I dare on this.)
Of course you can: the issue is not whether you can do it, but whether you'd need permission of INM to do the online work (arguably not), and whether you'd be subject to Mexican taxes on the income (arguably yes- as a matter of Mexican Tax Law- because the work is performed, and the income "earned", on the territory of Mexico). On this later question, the fact that you market and deliver your services abroad, and are paid abroad in a foreign currency are probably irrelevant, as is the question whether you'd need permission to do it, the two being entirely separate legal issues.
Before I'm attacked by others who are doing as you're suggesting, I'd be the first to admit that many people do business, online, from Mexico, providing services in foreign countries, and getting paid into their foreign bank accounts. I've personally met a number of them. They solicit no business in Mexico, have no Mexican clientele and would laugh at my suggestion that they might, even theoretically, be subject to Mexican taxation on the income they derive. Because I also consider it a matter for conjecture rather than a matter of practical concern, I would never raise the issue with them- not even to amuse myself, should the conversation lag, late of an evening. |
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nwomac
Joined: 12 May 2007
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Location: Dallas,Texas
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| Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:31 am Post subject: |
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Thanks,
nwomac |
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Samantha
Joined: 25 Oct 2003
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Location: Mexican Riviera
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| Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:24 am Post subject: |
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nwomac wrote:
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| The more serious question is can you work legally in Mexico at a school AND work online as a tutor for a US company getting paid in USD? |
Absolutely. I know someone who did exactly that, for a few years. |
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