How to be hired as a remote programmer abroad and not to be an entrepreneur?

Question

The question is quite interesting as for me because I watched jobs adds and mostly they all:

• A) Require being located the same country a vacancy is
• B) Employers don't want to hire foreign programmers if they don't have H1B or something
• C) As a rule, most adds provide 6 month contract position

I can keep adding the list for long time describing some job adds specifications, anyway, as a rule, most positions require non-employee cooperation status. I don't have a company for such kind of "making projects by a client order" so it is quite complicated; So I was trying, just, as for a statistics, to find out is there a way to be hired abroad as a remote programmer as if I get hired in my native city?

The thing is not about being hired where I can be hired "because I am located this or that place" but the thing is about a possibility (not to relocate) which actually should provide nowadays technologies especially for IT specialists in many different fields;

So the question is it possible to work any country in remote mode as if I am working in my own place? What do I need for that? Can you advice some useful web sites in this direction?

Answer 1

Its pretty much impossible to legally employ someone in another country unless the employer has some sort of legal presence in that country (wholly owned subsidiary, local partner or similar).

It is legal to buy services from a company or person located in another country. However most largish companies have problems dealing with people (or at least the contract and procurement departments do!) so you are pretty much obligated to incorporate some sort of limited company in your country as a vehicle to bill the foreign company for your time.

Answer 2

You could try finding a company who hires remote people specifically. There is at least one company (deviantart.com) that hires programmers all over the world I am pretty sure.

Otherwise the other things said about hiring in another country was spot on. It's too bad too; there are many US based companies that could use qualified help but can't seem to find it within our borders.

Answer 3

It's not necessary to hire anyone else or have an actual office. All you need to do is do the necessary paperwork to create a company that you control so that foreign companies can legally pay you for your services. there are many people in the U.S. that do this in order to become contractors for the government. essentially all you need to do is create a legal entity(LLC, LTD, corporation...) for a potential employer to send checks to, because they can't legally send them directly to you.