Fortunately none of those two issues are relevant where I live. That sounds very tricky indeed.
I used to work a few months at a time from my home office in another country. It worked fantastically well. I like to be able to concentrate without interruptions, and, as the timezone was different from the office, I got a very nice overlap where co-workers would provide work for me as they left for the day, and I would have that sitting in my inbox when I started working. Then, when my day was over, they would have the work ready for them when they got in (for that kind of one-day jobs).
Of course there was also video conferences and such. But, as our customers are everywhere anyway, it didn't make any difference if one or two of us from my company were in different locations when we had video conferences with them.
Don't mean to burst your bubble but they are. If you don't have proper work visa, you can't work from the country you are in. Most companies ignore local immigration laws and allow you to work remotely from wherever. And this is fine by what I consider should be allowed. However it doesn't mean it's legal.
Hold on, I didn't add all details to my post. Didn't think that would be necessary, it's not the point of the discussion after all. Of course I had the relevant regulations covered. There are detailed bilateral agreements between my home country and those countries I have worked in.
We were talking about regulations that make remote work difficult. I am not aware about bilateral agreements between countries that allow remote work. Can you share?
Remote work simply falls into the category 'working for a company that does not have a local presence', which (depending on the bilateral agreements, which can vary a lot) can have different rules than when the company has a local presence. This is almost always about taxation (where to pay the tax). In other words, to work remotely you may need a working permit of some kind, which I've had in various countries.
