These people are independent contractors. Immigration control is not your role to play. All you do arguably is sublet space to tenants. How different is this really from an Airbnb? When you go to rent a ''space'' from a landlord in a foreign country, neither the landlord nor Airbnb cares how you got there, because it's irrelevant. And whether it's for a day, a week or a month is besides the point.
Additionally, let's say worst case scenario you start checking people's work permits for Mexico in order to work at your space — what will happen is you will be setting up a de facto legal precedent for your business, thereby setting up a slippery slope of liability for yourself, and placing yourself in a legal position that you never should've had to deal with or be in, in the first place. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Alejandro Moreno S. <[email protected]> Cofounder/VP VenturePad <http://venturepad.works> SEC Marin <http://greenmarin.biz> Organizer 628-253-6441 LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandromorenosaldarriaga> Twitter <https://twitter.com/VenturePadWorks> On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 8:48 AM Bernie J Mitchell < [email protected]> wrote: > This is a great question for the experience of @Jeannine van der Linden > <[email protected]> and @Hector Kolonas <[email protected]> > > Have a remarkable day > > Bernie J Mitchell > 0777 204 2012 > > www.berniejmitchell.com > <https://app.nimble.com/api/v1/messages/tracking/click/4ea5dca87834d85e560001f0/4ea5dca87834d85e560001ef/5d920817ec8d83a7e232a495/> > > Sent from my mobile device > > *Unless we agree otherwise, this email conversation is confidential. > > > > On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 at 14:48, Kimberly Kubalek <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> This message is relevant to everyone, but particularly the spaces, like >> mine, run by expats in foreign countries. >> >> I have been a huge supporter of Coworking since I met Tony Bacigalupo a >> few months after he first opened his space in NYC so many years ago. I knew >> after seeing that space that I wanted to open a space as well. It took me >> many years, I did it. I live in San Miguel de Allende Mexico and I opened >> my space 3 years ago. >> >> Because my Spanish is poor, and because I knew community growth was key, >> I targeted membership to expats and English speaking visitors. Which is not >> say we limited it this way, only that the community I developed all seemed >> to speak English, so those were the members we attracted. We were >> successful - being the #1 rated city in the world by Travel + Leisure >> helped and lots of interesting folks popped in to work and often folks >> moved here permanently (with or without legal permission, many people come >> in on a tourist visa and stay for years). >> >> I am working on a plan for a much larger, more sophisticated space and I >> have concerns about expats and visitors who have no legal authorization to >> be "working" while in Mexico. Our laws are quite clear, you may not work in >> Mexico, online, in your home, etc., without authorization or without a >> permanent resident visa. I think all international coworking spaces are >> going to have to face this one. Do you ask your members if they have >> permission to work in your country? Do you feel you can protect your >> members when government officials come in and ask to see your members >> documents? Are you concerned about liability? >> >> I think this a valid concern and I'd like to hear from other space >> owners. I do not want to be a hunting ground for officials looking for >> people breaking the law - and who would want to work in a coworking space >> where they knew the government was going to come around and ask to see >> visas?! What do you do to make sure the people working in your space >> have the right to work there? Does it matter to you at all? Do you think it >> should matter? >> >> I was just in Austin for 3 months and coworked all over, no one ever >> asked. Not one coworking space ever asked if I had permission to work in >> the USA while I was there. If someone works out of your space and is not >> legally entiled to be working in your country, is that an issue you think >> about? Does this issue concern you? >> >> Thanks in advance for your feedback, >> >> >> Kimberly >> >> >> >> Kimberly Kubalek, Owner >> >> Espacio Coworking - San Miguel de Allende >> >> +52 415 150 1069 MEX Office >> >> +52 415 167 4566 MEX Cell >> +1 858 367 0102 USA Voicemail >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/coworking/b50c95ee-4fc8-46c9-b411-2e46777ff65b%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/coworking/b50c95ee-4fc8-46c9-b411-2e46777ff65b%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/coworking/CAGqE3bfRfeCFfMJ-6tDGj9RyHcr5XDOUkgJ4aedPe4QArbq6hA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/coworking/CAGqE3bfRfeCFfMJ-6tDGj9RyHcr5XDOUkgJ4aedPe4QArbq6hA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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