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

I'm a US citizen. I want to spend about 6 weeks vacation visiting my friends in France, Spain and Italy. However, with taking this much consecutive time off from work my employer would require me to do daily check-ins (email and Skype).

It's also very likely I would have to spend up to 20 hours per week fixing untoward problems. This would require me logging into my company laptop to write and submit code. Any hours that I spend doing company work I would be paid as a normal employee (vs. PTO for the rest of the vacation).

Is this legal as a tourist?

EDIT: I emailed the Spain consulate and received this replay: As a US citizen you can travel to Spain for up to 90 days without needing a Visa. You could also work for your US employer while visiting Spain.

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Best Answer

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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Can US citizens travel to Europe for work?

With a valid U.S. passport, you can stay up to 90 days for tourism or business during any 180-day period. Do not overstay! You must wait an additional 90 days before applying to re-enter the Schengen area. To stay longer than 90 days, you must have a visa.

Can I work in Europe on Schengen visa?

The Schengen work visa does not exist. You can get a Schengen visa for other purposes, as tourism, visiting family and friends, business, medical purposes etc. However, you cannot get a Schengen visa to work in Europe. You are not permitted to work while holding a Schengen visa for other purposes, as well.

Can I work on a tourist visa Schengen?

You will need to provide evidence that work is the purpose of your trip to be issued with a short-stay visa equivalent to the length of your posting in your desired Schengen Area. You must leave your host country before the expiry date shown on your visa.

What does living in the Schengen Area allow you to do?

The border-free Schengen Area guarantees free movement to more than 400 million EU citizens, along with non-EU nationals living in the EU or visiting the EU as tourists, exchange students or for business purposes (anyone legally present in the EU).

Becoming a United States Citizen: The Naturalization Process

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