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Cases · People & private matters · Immigration, visas & global mobility

Urgent Let an employee work from another country

An employee wants to work from another country. Can they, and what does it trigger?

WONE Global checks immigration, tax and employment in that country and sets out the conditions under which you can say yes.

Countries in the typical case United Kingdom · Portugal

The situation

What is happening

An employee wants to work remotely from another country, temporarily or permanently.

What is at stake

Saying yes without checking can create tax, payroll and immigration problems for the company and the person.

Who faces this

  • Corporations
  • Mid-sized companies
  • Founders and growing companies

A scenario

Design agencyMid-sized company · from United Kingdom · in Portugal

A designer wants to work from Portugal for a year.

Where it ends A yes with conditions.

A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.

Also asked as “Remote work abroad”“Working from abroad tax risk”“An employee is working remotely from an unapproved location”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global checks immigration, tax and employment in that country and sets out the conditions under which you can say yes.

Usually led by Employment, payroll and immigration, with Tax and structuring.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. Week 1Immigration, tax and employment checked.
  2. Week 2Conditions set.
  3. Week 3Contract updated.
  4. ThenReviewed.

Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01Whether the person needs a visa
  2. 02Whether the company becomes taxable there
  3. 03Which employment law and payroll apply

Outcomes

What you receive

  • A clear yes, no or yes-with-conditions
  • The right contract and payroll
  • A tax risk check

This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.

Services

The services involved

One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.

  1. Usually leadsEmployment, payroll and immigration5 markets with a named lead→
  2. Often involvedTax and structuring17 markets with a named lead→

Who handles it

Employment, payroll and immigration, market by market

The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.

  1. Portugalin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  2. United Kingdomin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  3. Argentina WONE Global Partner Dr. Esteban Lucio Maccari · Managing Director Brief this Partner →
  4. Kenya WONE Global Partner James Ngochi Ngugi · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  5. South Africa WONE Global Partner Johan Beer · Partner Brief this Partner →
  6. Switzerland WONE Global Partner Michael Sterchi · Founder Brief this Partner →
  7. Vietnam WONE Global Partner Le Quoc Duy · Chairman - Lawyer Brief this Partner →
  8. India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  9. Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  10. Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  11. United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  12. United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →

Other markets: WONE Global covers 100 countries. Name yours in the requirement →

Dr. Esteban Lucio MaccariBuenos Aires · Argentina

WONE Global Capability Partner · Argentina

Dr. Esteban Lucio Maccari

Managing Director · Maccari Adam & Asociados · Buenos Aires

He is a lawyer with a degree from the University of Buenos Aires and a degree in Spanish Law. He completed postgraduate studies in Strategic Business Management at the Polytechnic University of Madrid and the Glocoll at…

Le Quoc DuyHo Chi Minh City · Vietnam

WONE Global Capability Partner · Vietnam

Le Quoc Duy

Chairman - Lawyer · Vina TPT Company Limited · Ho Chi Minh City

Over 20 years of experience specializing in legal matters and practical operations for Japanese businesses in Vietnam (investment law, corporate law, labor, commerce, intellectual property, and tax).

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