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I am so mad I could just spit! Or, or, or, shout and bang my fist on the table! or shove somebody's face into a scat pie. or something.
Everything was all arranged: I was going to keep working for my current employer at a nice hourly rate, sit in Germany as a dependent under K's visa, while he worked for his new employer. BUT!
The dependent visa does not allow me to work for a local employer. Working for a US firm while living in Germany means that I would have to pay German taxes. And paying German taxes means I would have to get a German residential permit, which is specifically prohibited by the visa. So not only can I not work for a German company, I can't work for a US company either. And in any case, my company doesn't want to pay German taxes.
I don't understand how in today's world of internet, cell phones and fax machines, a person can't sit anyplace and work anyplace else. Why is that not possible?!?
And, OK, I accept that a US company wouldn't want to get involved in paying another country's taxes. They propose instead that I work as an independent contractor; that takes the responsibility for taxes away from them and gives it to me. OK, I can handle that, I was a contractor for 10 years, so no problem.
Except there we are again: if I live in Germany I'd have to pay German taxes and I need a residential permit and I can't get a residential permit under this visa.
But it's not like we're moving there permanently, it's just temporary. We still keep our voter's registration, our drivers licenses, our bank accounts and we own property in the US. We're still US citizens.
I thought maybe if I gave up being a dependent under K's visa, then maybe I could do it. but then I'd have to get a German drivers' license and not be able to access his work site or any of the US facilities there.
But what am I supposed to do? Can't work here, can't work there. Will I be reduced to baby-minding again?!?
And I don't want to give up my job! I love this job! oh, boo hoo!
If any of you have any ideas, I'd love to hear them.....
Frustratedly yours,
doyenne08
Everything was all arranged: I was going to keep working for my current employer at a nice hourly rate, sit in Germany as a dependent under K's visa, while he worked for his new employer. BUT!
The dependent visa does not allow me to work for a local employer. Working for a US firm while living in Germany means that I would have to pay German taxes. And paying German taxes means I would have to get a German residential permit, which is specifically prohibited by the visa. So not only can I not work for a German company, I can't work for a US company either. And in any case, my company doesn't want to pay German taxes.
I don't understand how in today's world of internet, cell phones and fax machines, a person can't sit anyplace and work anyplace else. Why is that not possible?!?
And, OK, I accept that a US company wouldn't want to get involved in paying another country's taxes. They propose instead that I work as an independent contractor; that takes the responsibility for taxes away from them and gives it to me. OK, I can handle that, I was a contractor for 10 years, so no problem.
Except there we are again: if I live in Germany I'd have to pay German taxes and I need a residential permit and I can't get a residential permit under this visa.
But it's not like we're moving there permanently, it's just temporary. We still keep our voter's registration, our drivers licenses, our bank accounts and we own property in the US. We're still US citizens.
I thought maybe if I gave up being a dependent under K's visa, then maybe I could do it. but then I'd have to get a German drivers' license and not be able to access his work site or any of the US facilities there.
But what am I supposed to do? Can't work here, can't work there. Will I be reduced to baby-minding again?!?
And I don't want to give up my job! I love this job! oh, boo hoo!
If any of you have any ideas, I'd love to hear them.....
Frustratedly yours,
doyenne08