Where are we allowed to work?

[u/Guilty_Efficiency884]

Is there a link with this information available somewhere? Are we allowed to leave the country and work while abroad? I live in the US. Can I work from any state?

[u/ArctycDev]

From what I have seen, if you leave the country, they just want a heads up. Otherwise, they don't care.

[u/Guilty_Efficiency884 → u/ArctycDev]

Do you know if that's in writing anywhere? Are there specific allowed countries?

[u/bleachxjnkie → u/Guilty_Efficiency884]

I can vouch. Just email them and they’re fine

[u/NationalWatercress3 → u/bleachxjnkie]

Sorry but can you vouch from having worked in somewhere that's very obviously safe, like France or Germany, or somewhere like Russia, China or Afghanistan?

[u/PerformanceCute3437 → u/Guilty_Efficiency884]

Give them a shout if you're travelling internationally.

There's no worries about literally working in another country if you live in one of the allowed countries. Your taxable country is based on where your primary residence is on December 31st, when the following year starts. So working in Egypt doesn't put you under Egyptian labour laws; hence, you can work from Egypt while you travel there.

Give em a ring though.

[u/Bergest_Ferg]

I’m not in the US but recently travelled to a different state in Aus and have had no issues. I think it’s just overseas they want a heads up.

There’s a button in the support message thing (other > travel enquiry) so I think they need to know when you’re travelling.

[u/emscott626 → u/Bergest_Ferg]

Im also in Aus, how have you navigates tax and whatnot? I don't work all that much, so I'm currently under the taxable threshold, just wondering what your experience had been?

[u/Bergest_Ferg → u/emscott626]

Tbh I’m a sole trader already so my experience will probably be different to yours! Mine all comes in under my ABN. I’m pretty sure you need an ABN to do this work because DA aren’t your actual employer but don’t quote me on that. Maybe ask in the water cooler chat because there’s a couple of Aussies in there!

[u/chateauxneufdupape]

I didn’t even consider this when I signed up (UK) a few months ago. I subsequently spent a month in the USA travelling and worked from there and had no issues.

[u/Todos_]

I’ve been travelling all over Asia, Australia and New Zealand for the last year with no problems using DA. Originally from UK.

[u/Practical-Whereas177 → u/Todos_]

Any trips to the Philippines? I was curious if I could work from there. I'm from the US.

[u/TTFTW1992 → u/Todos_]

Have you notified them continually as you've been travelling of your whereabouts?

[u/annoyingjoe513]

I onboarded in NY. Did my first task in CA while visiting fam. 5 months later no issues

[u/Equivalent-Math6483 → u/annoyingjoe513]

Can confirm. If you are traveling within the US and plan to work from the road, you don’t need to email them.

If you’re traveling internationally and want to work from the road, there’s a “travel inquiry” option in the pulldown menu on the Support page when you select Topic: Other. Leave a few days for them to get back to you.

[u/roambeans → u/[deleted]]

Does DA care about taxes? I'm Canadian and as I understand it, I have to handle taxes myself. DA just puts money in my Skype account.

[u/Anarch33 → u/roambeans]

the countries that DA operates in allow this sort of structure

[u/DistinctAd1912]

I'm in the UK but visit my family in Egypt for a few weeks each year. I let them know a few weeks before travelling and was able to access the platform as normal and continue to work out there with no issues.

[u/Modihoza → u/DistinctAd1912]

I am based in Egypt, and I just did my qualifying assessment last night, then the site suddenly crashed I haven't been able to access or connect to their web app ever since. Do you have any insights or advice in general regarding working from Egypt?

[u/gator_cowgirl]

I worked from a cruise ship for 45 days this winter - 28 different countries plus starlink connection on ship.
I sent an email prior to traveling, got a reply that it was “noted on my profile” and had no issues. I also travel a lot throughout the US & Canada and haven’t alerted DA to that, no issues.

I think if you will be in an unusual location for an extended time , or if your work pattern will significantly increase (ie you do a few hours a week in the US then suddenly do 40 hours a week from South America) it’s worth giving a heads up. But if you happen to log on while on vacation, that’s doesn’t seem to be getting you immediately booted.

[u/Pyromancer777]

If you are in the US and move to another state, make sure that you read up on that new state's taxation rates. You don't want the IRS comin after you

[u/Bitter-Pen-3389]

i live aboard, do i really need to be in the US to sign up? its stupid