Is staying on Business Visa considered as working and say

[HSMPLUCK]

 
Hi,
I am  INDIAN working as a Software Engineer in a Indian Company.
 
I was travailing frequently to USA and South Africa on Business Visa. Out of past 12 months ,8 months i was out of INDIA . I was not paid any thing more other than my salary in INDIA since all the expenses where taken care by company.
 
Is staying on Business Visa considered as working and say in that country by BHC ?

Which country code should i select for my previous earnings?I think its INDIA please advise
 
Nov 2006 - Dec 2006  i was in INDIA
Jan 2007- March 2007 i was in US on B1/B2
April 2007 -May 2007 I was in INDIA
May 2007- July 2007 i was in South Africa on Business Visa
Aug 2007 - Sep 2007 i was in INDIA
Sep 2007 - Oct 207 i was in South Africa on Business Visa                

[gorajim]

Hi,

For all practical reasons, you have always been employed by your India company and hence your income should always be reflected as been paid out in India.

A Business Visa to any country does not entail you to perform salaried work in that country. Most countries, and especially USA and UK, expect you to restrict your visit to Business meetings, inspections, and other business related activities ONLY and critically excludes salaried work.

Over the past year, you seem to have been on Business Visits only to the US and SA. The rest of the time you were physically in India. This is akin to your working out of India. Your points will be awarded on Band D - for India.

Hope this clarifies. Cheers.

[HSMPLUCK]

Thanks Gorajim,
I was confident after your reply but kept my fingers crossed because I was suspecting they may catch /reject after applying for EC looking at my passport, But today I got my passport with EC stamped for 2 years

Thanks to all for helping me to get through with out paying to any consultant. Amazing work guys keep going

[apply4hsmp]

u r not allowed to work on business visa. And as the name of visa it is to do business. PERIOD.

If u get paid in india all this time even while being in US on daily allowance etc. just consider the indian earnings.