Working as a self-employed corp/contractor for US company remotely

[ketaki19]

I am a software engineer currently working for a US company and planning to move to Canada soon as a PR. What are my options to maintain my work relationship with the US employer? Should I work as sole proprietor/corporation and what is the process to register yourself as one? Can you work for a single client for long-term as a self-employed sole proprietor/corp?

[subhan]

Hi @ketaki19,

You can work as a sole proprietor and work through a PEO. You can check this blog out for greater detail: https://canadianpayrollservices.com/sole-proprietors-employees/

[vijay4454]

Please read through this post

US Citizen. Canada PR, living in Canada. How do I work for US Company?

The actual incorporation process, for a federal corporation, is completed in only a matter of hours, if you’re incorporating as a numbered company it will be done the same day. All Canadian federal corporations are initially incorporated as numbered companies then a name is added later in the incorporation process. Adding a name depends on how quickly the NUANS (Name search) search can be effected. Usually, if there are no conflicts, a day or two. Googling your preferred names is no guarante…

[ketaki19]

Thanks @vijay4454 this is helpful. I see this response is for someone who is a US citizen, I am assuming this is applicable to me as a PR, and will be working without a US visa

[vijay4454]

Yes you are right. I guess I hijacked the actual topic of that thread. The post I linked does not assume US citizenship.

[Niv01]

Hi @ketaki19 , what option did you go with? In a similar situation and any guidance may be helpful.