[jholman]

IANAL, and the OP should talk to one.

I'm working legally in the US (TN-1), but my wife is here without permission to work (TD-1) (and is not working). When I discussed her options with my immigration lawyer, like maybe should could remote-work for a company back home, my lawyer said (informally) that any work or any income, while in the US, was subject to immigration law. In fact, I was told US immigration's opinion is that when non-US citizens answer work email while on vacation in Hawai'i, it's technically illegal (although obviously everyone happily ignores that in practice).

What a surprise, countries are really no-fooling serious about protecting jobs for their own citizens.

So it's quite possible that in this case, Paypal had no legal alternative.

[dhughes]

The other night there was something on CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corp) about a Canadian guy visiting his wife/girlfriend in the US.

US Customs took his aside and was't going to let him pass (no surprise) but let him through but told him he could pass but he couldn't work in the US not even housework, not a joke.

[cunac]

AFAIK you can't work for US employer or perform services for US employer. Not sure that this covers outside of country services/work. This is meant to protect US jobs which you didn't take and that is a bottom line.