How to hire someone from another country?

[master54]

[NonEUCitizen]

I think for money, you can treat the coder as a contractor? How can you give the coder stock options though? Can a Delaware corp give stock options or restricted stock to people who don't have social security numbers?

[master54 → NonEUCitizen]

yeah. how can you give the coder stock options? if you don't tie him down somewhat with options/equity, there is the danger that he might run away with your company's intellectual property

[NonEUCitizen → master54]

I was thinking more along the lines of a coder I already trust... I see stock options as a way to ensure that s/he participates in the upside.

[master54]

Like say you like this coder from UK and you're based in US. You allow working remotely, so him being in UK is not a problem.

But what about the legal side? The tax you have to pay for this foreign worker? etc.