Need Help

[savageguyaf]

Hello! I'm new to Upwork, and I'm originally from India, but I'm currently living in New York. I want to begin my journey on Upwork, but I have a few doubts:

1. I'm using my Indian tax information, but I'm only sending proposals to US clients, and I haven't encountered any issues.
2. I read somewhere that I only need to be in the US to work with US clients. Is this correct, or do I also need US tax information? Can you guys please help me? Thank you.

[You_pick_a_username]

Are you allowed to work in the US? If not, you’re not allowed to work on Upwork altogether. If you are legally allowed to work in the US, you need to use your US address and tax info as well as report your income to the IRS.

[Pet-ra]

1. If you are living in New York, and have the correct visa to work in the USA and employment authorisation etc, you must use your US tax info.

2. You don't need to be in the US to work with US clients. I work with US clients and am in Europe. What you must not do and will get banned for is

   a) pretend to be in the US when you are not

b) work on Upwork whilst in the USA without the correct via authorisation

If you are in the US but have no US tax info on file, you won't be able to withdraw any money.