As a US Citizen, if I'm visiting the Schengen region, can I "work from home"?

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Short answer: no, it is not legal for an US citizen to work in France, Italy and Spain during a visa free stay.

For France it is explicitly stated that US citizens need a work permit.


Long answer:

Almost all work based rules are desided on a country by country base

  • and then often based on the nationality of the person

Unfortunately, the official EU summary is an unwieldy excel table for which the wiki link below has a summary of.

Assume that this may not be up-to-date, check the countries counsulate sites in your country to make sure that nothing has changed.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_the_Schengen_Area

look for:

  • Rules regarding paid activity during visa-free stay

the summary above is based on this table.

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