onecatatatime.bsky.social
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#TrustedHousesitters
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The US has been policing these ‘minor visa issues’ for years
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7275134
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/facts-a... (2011)
#TrustedHousesitters #housesitting
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Companies like #TrustedHousesitters continue to ignore comments by provided by US & UK governments. TrustedHousesitters says these arrangements are legal on a tourist visa.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Workaway is a bit more upfront about a work visa being needed if you're not a citizen.
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To be fair, Workaway does have visa warnings for both its US and Canadian sites. Still a little ambiguous, yes, but much better than #TrustedHousesitters saying these kind of arrangements are allowed on a tourist visa.
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It's not a grey area. America has been turning people away, for arrangements like this (mostly #TrustedHousesitters), for years:
- www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
- shorturl.at/pgU4n
And an American was refused entry to the UK for something similar. Back in 2019.
www.housesitmatch.com/blog/interna...
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Appreciate it.
Moving forward, my goal is to get #TrustedHousesitters to update their visa advice so it doesn’t happen to others. I have been unsuccessful thus far because they refuse to admit it is work.
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Foreigners have been refused entry to the USA for these kinds of arrangements dating back to 2013 ⬇️
web.archive.org/web/20131205...
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Other travellers have been turned away at the border for organising similar arrangements through #TrustedHousesitters & other house sitting sites. These companies need to be upfront about the visa requirements and risks.
- www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
- www.housesitmatch.com/blog/interna...
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Policy.
These arrangements require a work visa. Most people don't realise this until they end up being refused entry.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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It looks like TrustedHousesitters doesn't want to be associated with Becky's situation despite the company offering similar arrangements to Workaway. A TrustedHousesitters member tried to post about it on the company's community forum ⬇️
forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/rebecca-bu...
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An American immigration officer told a Canadian #TrustedHousesitterse member that he doesn't give a shit if TrustedHousesitters "feels" house sitting isn't work. Because it *is* work in the USA and UK (and Canada?).
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This is despite US and UK governments saying house and pet sitting is work, and not acceptable for travellers to engage in unless they have a work permit.
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The Trading Standards officer I am liaising with is in talks with the Competitions and Markets Authority, and US, UK, Canadian and Australian immigration departments for definitions around work.
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You shouldn't be encouraging travellers to lie to immigration officers. These kinds of arrangements require a work visa.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Brighton & Hove City Council's Trading Standards unit is investigating #TrustedHousesitters, and their immigration and visa advice.
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At least Workaway has some kind of visa warning. #TrustedHousesitters, however, suggests members show immigration officers a letter saying house sitting is not work. These letters have resulted in several Canadians being refused entry to the USA.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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What’s interesting here is the BBC has previously promoted a similar service, #TrustedHousesitters, as a ‘unique way to travel the world’.
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240328-pet-sitting-a-unique-way-to-travel-the-world-for-free
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@chadbourn.bsky.social, while it may seem trivial, these kinds of arrangements are, unfortunately, viewed as work by US & UK govs & do require the traveller to have a work visa:
- www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7275134
- www.housesitmatch.com/blog/interna...
- forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/challenges...
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You'll need a work visa or risk being refused entry:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
#TrustedHousesitters
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@jenniferlcroft.bsky.social, entry refusal (minus the being detained for 10+ days part) for arrangements through #Workaway & #TrustedHouseitters have been happening around the world for years:
- shorturl.at/Ak3mc
- www.housesitmatch.com/blog/interna...
- forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/challenges...
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...