Strong Eagle wrote:You can't do this on an EP. PEP would allow you to work for two companies but you can't be the owner of the company.
To make this work, you'd need to form a company, then have that company apply for an EP for you. This has been successfully done by professionals with a track record and potential clients and contracts.
I see, very interesting. So you can't have a registered company and a full time job next to it and work for both at the same time. Is there any reasoning behind that or it is just because they say so?
The case is a little complicated. I have been contacted by a global consultancy that wishes to expand in Asia Pacific. They want me to run that consultancy as Managing Director. I could chose to just dump my day job and go 100% into consultancy but that would leave me exposed to low income or no income during the period until I get some clients signed up. I am trying to avoid that. My idea was to start up the consultancy and continue to work for my current company and build up the first major contracts in my spare time - but apparently that won't work.
An alternative is that I agree with my current company that they can hire me as consultant for my new company, for the same rate as they are paying me in salary today. Once we have signed that agreement, I could establish the consultancy company and apply for the EP through the new company and I could continue working for them for a period until I manage to get enough clients - would that work?