Hello. I have a question I think has a very clear answer, but I'm hoping someone can help me out...
An American friend of mine runs a small tour business in France, and she's asked me to help conduct a few tours for her, while I'm on vacation in France for a couple months this summer. She says her business is U.S.-based and that I'd be paid in U.S. dollars, but I think when a company's operations are really in France, there are much deeper formalities involved in determining whether it's legally operating in France as a U.S. entity. And I think an American receiving any compensation from any business of any kind in France is considered working in France and in violation of a tourist visa. Am I correct?
I told her that, for the above reasons, I don't think it's something I can do. But I wanted to float it by the experts here and see if I'm just interpreting things too conservatively. Thanks!
An American friend of mine runs a small tour business in France, and she's asked me to help conduct a few tours for her, while I'm on vacation in France for a couple months this summer. She says her business is U.S.-based and that I'd be paid in U.S. dollars, but I think when a company's operations are really in France, there are much deeper formalities involved in determining whether it's legally operating in France as a U.S. entity. And I think an American receiving any compensation from any business of any kind in France is considered working in France and in violation of a tourist visa. Am I correct?
I told her that, for the above reasons, I don't think it's something I can do. But I wanted to float it by the experts here and see if I'm just interpreting things too conservatively. Thanks!