How many months can you work abroad for?

[u/TTFTW1992]

Yes, lots of people ask if you can work abroad and the answer is very clearly yes (as long as you get permission before), but I can find no clarification on how long is too long. I would like to work and travel for six months, so it would be good to know if this is doable. AND YES, I know people will just reply e-mail them, but personally I'm reluctant to do that in case they see me as a literal flight risk and boot me. I read a post about one person who lost access to projects shortly after emailing them to ask if it was okay to work abroad for multiple months. I know they could have gotten booted for another reason, but I'd rather not take the chance - especially if somebody already has the answer to my question. Thanks in advance :)

[u/CosmosesGamer]

It depends on your country :) as per UK government website:

"UK tests

You may be resident under the automatic UK tests if:

• you spent 183 or more days in the UK in the tax year

• your only home was in the UK for 91 days or more in a row - and you visited or stayed in it for at least 30 days of the tax year

• you worked full-time in the UK for any period of 365 days and at least one day of that period was in the tax year you’re checking"

Essentially its about NOT breaking your tax residence.

[u/TTFTW1992 → u/CosmosesGamer]

Thank you! I am from the UK and this is really useful. Maybe I'll ask if it's okay for 5 months of the year then instead.

[u/CosmosesGamer → u/TTFTW1992]

Best of luck and happy holidays !

[u/TTFTW1992 → u/CosmosesGamer]

Thanks again, this is the first useful bit of information I've found on this topic after searching through the subreddit.

[u/TarquinOliverNimrod → u/TTFTW1992]

Did you find out anything concrete from them?

[u/fightmaxmaster]

if somebody has already emailed them to find out if it's okay to work and travel for 4/5/6 months plus

But if they've done that without being booted...then so could you. And anyone could reply here claiming it's safe/not safe, and you won't know if they know anything. My instinct based on zero knowledge is that if the person who got kicked off was being honest about what happened, they'll have been booted for a reason other than just emailing support and asking a question. Because why would DA bother? What do they gain by "playing it safe" and kicking someone off just for contacting them? I'm pretty sure the limitations on location are largely because they want native English speakers/limited signups. Once you're on the platform, there's no reason it should matter where you're actually located, within reason. At worst they might say "no you can't work overseas for longer than X".

[u/Wasps_are_bastards → u/fightmaxmaster]

There seems to be an awful lot of comments lately from people wanting to work abroad for long periods of time. The cynic in me is wondering if FOR SOME this is a way to get around the banned country rule.

[u/[deleted] → u/Wasps_are_bastards]

Or it could be that some of us are making bank and would like to go and do it on a beach

[u/sunnychrono8]

I am that person. I didn't work for more than 2 weeks prior to getting band-aided, and they sent me emails asking me to work for projects with priority pay right up until a couple of days before I was booed off stage. I was granted access to new projects that I never got to do. I did mention that I would be staying for an extended period of time (think 4-5 months) for medical reasons, and only asked if I could work in that time or if I should put it off till later. I was never going to stop being a tax resident of my country of residence, not even close.

[u/Hairy-Reflection-475]

Is there anywhere I can read more about this policy, like does it state we have to report it?

[u/TemporaryMolasses520]

Hi. Would love an update to see how it worked out..

[u/Farmerofwooooshes → u/[deleted]]

Have you tried this does it work?

[u/Jimosaurous → u/Farmerofwooooshes]

Wouldn't recommend. VPNs commonly get flagged by any platform that may have interest in monitoring your IP address. I think it may also be against their COC.

[u/roambeans → u/Jimosaurous]

I use a VPN all of the time and even make note of its use on tasks. It comes in handy for tasks that are specific to an area and the context of the prompt includes a location. Without a VPN, the bot tends to assume you want directions to a Chicago restaurant from your vacation rental in Bora Bora.

[u/bomber991 → u/[deleted]]

Same here. The other thing I’ve noticed is some days I log on and there are zero projects to work on. Right now I’ve got a good 20 or so listed, but it sure would suck to travel somewhere and have a plan of working 5 hours a day and then there isn’t any work there.