thekwoka

Keep in mind that lying to your employer can open you up to legal repercussions. And it can also open your employer to same.

Yeah, the lying is definitely not something that should be done when your company is involved with handling protected information of any kind (health records, government stuff, likely some financials as well).

Since that can be more properly illegal, as opposed to just against company policy.

Just never offer more than absolutely required.

Also, sometimes the "Asking" is giving them an opportunity to say know, while just stating it they might not even think about it as being something that they might need to approve.

This can actually be more difficult than the global variant.

States are stricter on the cross border employment requirements than countries are.

So then....that's the same, no?

In the US any US carrier can carry anyone anywhere.

In the EU any EU carrier can carry anyone anywhere.

I have, and great at least so far.

I got a new drivers license right before I did it, so I don't have that concern for a....few more years....

That would be the main issue. Since Drivers licenses are state based not federal, and they may want to use you getting a new driver's license as a reason you are ACTUALLY a resident.

But I have converted it to a UAE license. And luckily that expires for the first time before my California one does, so I can see if I am able to renew the UAE one without actually presenting my California one.

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If you have a visa that allows residency, you can get a bank account.

That's true for all countries.

Some may accept the Visa itself as proof, some may require you wait until you get your actual residents ID.

Try some different banks, maybe ones focused at younger people.

Making an account at ENDB in Dubai is annoying, since it's "old school" and wants all kinds of paper. Meanwhile, Liv, ENDB's own "millennial" bank can open an account on a mobile app in 10 minutes.

I have a comfortable enough social safety net that I'm okay running it a bit lower depending on context (like going over the threshold to visit family for holidays or meet investment goals). Obviously, need to pay that back, but I haven't really needed it yet either.

If I actually went negative, I have access to other money.

Right now I'm a bit low due to some delayed invoice payments from clients, a recent surgery, and flights and other costs related to the Holidays.

I wouldn't do like a year, that seems way too much, unless your work is very unstable and you have no social safety net.

3 months is comfortable.

Well, don't put all your money in the account...

I say I'm self employed. Because I am. So I can sign it myself.

They may issue a warrant for your arrest. But it isn't fundamentally illegal, considering the very real possibility the request never finds you.

So if it does happen, it would be a significant inconvenience, but not a crime.

But if you don't intend to go back for a while, why are you still pretending to be a resident? Just cut the cord.

There's certainly indicators.

Like, for example, you being on a virtual work visa that requires showing proof of work, but then you try to say you made no money.

So, in SOME way, you're doing something that is against the rules.