Move to the US as a freelance translator

Jonathan Roberts wrote:

In my case it's a little different. I've just arrived in the US and have been working with a variety of companies that are mostly based in Europe. I'm actually married to a US citizen and am here to visit her family, but I'm on a tourist visa and I'd like to continue working during the few months that I'm in the country. For the record, the consular official I spoke with said that this is fine if I'm working with companies that are not based in the US. While I haven't accepted work from any US companies since I arrived, there is one that I sometimes work with that has its head office in the US. The complicating factor is that all of the project managers that I work with are based in Buenos Aires, so it isn't clear that I would be working with a US company (much as if I were working with a local branch of McDonalds, although I realize this isn't a perfect analogy). The safest thing would probably be to suspend working with the company, but as I'm not planning to spend more than five months here I'd rather keep up the relationship if possible. Any thoughts?

Cécile Caron wrote:

Thank you to you all for your suggestions.

Apparently it doesn't look easy at all and a short stay of a couple of months looks like the only solution.
I am going to try to contact the American embassy but talking to someone there is not easy either.

Thanks Tomas, I might consider your solution as a last resort.

Have a good day!

Cécile

Michal wrote:

By any chance, anybody got tips on translation agencies/language services providers that offer immigration sponsorship? Employment opportunities for EU residents?

I was also (naively, I know) planning to move to the US as a freelance translator, but that's obviously easier said than done. The work is there, the demand is there (done my research), but unfortunately, the red tape is there as well... Still just exploring my options, so please be kind to me

Thanks in advance.

Jonathan wrote:

In my case it's a little different. I've just arrived in the US and have been working with a variety of companies that are mostly based in Europe. I'm actually married to a US citizen and am here to visit her family, but I'm on a tourist visa and I'd like to continue working during the few months that I'm in the country. For the record, the consular official I spoke with said that this is fine if I'm working with companies that are not based in the US. While I haven't accepted work from any US companies since I arrived, there is one that I sometimes work with that has its head office in the US. The complicating factor is that all of the project managers that I work with are based in Buenos Aires, so it isn't clear that I would be working with a US company (much as if I were working with a local branch of McDonalds, although I realize this isn't a perfect analogy). The safest thing would probably be to suspend working with the company, but as I'm not planning to spend more than five months here I'd rather keep up the relationship if possible. Any thoughts?