Australians with house-sitting plans abroad may be doing so at their own risk. | via TravellerAU
Australians with house-sitting plans abroad may be doing so at their own risk, with the deportation of an Australian woman from the United States exposing a little-known border rule.
"One officer asked a series of questions and said what I was doing went against ESTA rules because homeowners would need to pay for someone to feed the cat if it wasn't for me," Gourley said. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is aware of a number of Australians being deported from the United States since international travel resumed, and has urged Australians to inform themselves about entry, transit and exit requirements for their destination.
The ESTA website states visitors may"perform or offer commercial or industrial activities as long as you are not compensated for those activities from a US source, such as a company or an employer".
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