TN Part time work

shyboy · Post by **shyboy** » Thu May 22, 2008 8:50 am

A friend of mine told me that I can open a corporation and then get the sub-contract work, I doubt but need to confirm that.

What is the best way to work part time for another company? do I really have to get another TN? Is it a good idea to open a company and get the part time TN for that (self own corp) company?

I need to understand before I get that work, how should I proceed.

the problem is I am looking for a long term solution. I don't really want to mail-in 129 3 times a year for 3 different part time work.

Thanks

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Thu May 22, 2008 8:59 am

Regardless of how you set yourself up (company, or simply self-emplyed) you will need to get a TN for EACH client you work for.

The decision to form company would be for liability (and maybe tax) reasons, not for TN.

You cannot use your own company to sponsor yourself. The client would still need to do this.

So your choices are to have a TN letter taht states. "Firm ABC is hiring shyboy..." or one that states "Firm ABC is hiring shyboy, an employee of shyboy enterprises ...".

Not much difference immigration-wise.

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Thu May 22, 2008 9:02 am

The only way to avoid individual TN, is to have SOME OTHER company act as your agent.

Then, THEY hire you under a single TN, and send you out to various clients under the same TN.

But that firm cannot be owned or controlled by you.

And btw, you would probably do these TNs at the border. I-129 is not the ideal method of doing TNs anymore, with the cost.

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Thu May 22, 2008 9:03 am

... that way pleasure trips to canada become a business expense.

shyboy · Post by **shyboy** » Thu May 22, 2008 9:11 am

You said Company "A" can hired me to send it to different client. if I don't control Company" A".

in this case can I know that I have to get a TN for Company "A".

But Is this really necessary that company "A" have to hire me on W2 and not can just pay me hourly rate (no tax deduction, I have to pay my own taxes)

Is that kind of thing can be done?

What I want is Don't wanna give any kind of obligation to company "A" which owns by my friend.

thanks,

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Thu May 22, 2008 9:19 am

All scenarios above would have you paid on 1099, not W-2.

If you work self-employed, the 1099 is issued by the individual clients to you.

If you work thru a Company "A", the clients pay the "A" , and then "A" pays you.

For immigration purposes, I'm pretty sure "A" has to be conrolled by an american.

shyboy · Post by **shyboy** » Thu May 22, 2008 9:27 am

[quote="nelsona"]All scenarios above would have you paid on 1099, not W-2.

If you work self-employed, the 1099 is issued by the individual clients to you.

If you work thru a Company "A", the clients pay the "A" , and then "A" pays you.

For immigration purposes, I'm pretty sure "A" has to be conrolled by an american.[/quote]

Sure enough to understand.
Another quick question.

You don't mean to say that the company's owners has to be American citizen

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Thu May 22, 2008 9:54 am

Yes, I do. If the company is a small outfit, it must be owned by US citizen.

Otherwise, what would stoip you from hiring a Indian, and that Indian from hiring you, makinga amockery of the US immgration system.

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Thu May 22, 2008 9:57 am

you are getting into immigration questions now.

You should go back to immigration websites for this.

shyboy · Post by **shyboy** » Thu May 22, 2008 9:59 am

:-)

That should be good enough for me now.

thanks nelson, appreciate your help on this.

shyboy · Post by **shyboy** » Thu May 22, 2008 12:10 pm

What I meant to ask was, if a green card holder have a company, he can't hired me (on a part time TN)?

Why there is a condition for the American Citizens' company?

just curious to know..

thanks

shyboy · Post by **shyboy** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:32 am

So I assume that the GreenCard Holder's company can also hire me on Part Time TN.

please let me know if that is not correct.

thanks,

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:39 pm

Immigration question, no?

shyboy · Post by **shyboy** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:46 pm

I am sorry didn't get this "no" part.

I do have full time TN.

I need part time TN for another company.
That another company is own by "Green Card Holder".

I am thinking to get TN for that company so have a legal formality fulfilled.

Or I have to have a American Citizen's company in order to get TN?

I thought only full time TN needs to be from American Citizen's company?

So based on this I can't get the part time TN for Green Card Holder's company?

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:51 pm

I told you 2 weeks ago that this was an immigration question best asked elsewhere, thus I am saying this is still an immigration question, is it not?