I guess very many of us have become used to remote working now. It’s not particularly new to me, for many years I have spent my vacations in Florida whilst still checking in with my desk back in the UK on a daily basis. Even at home, I spend a lot of time away from the desk, often weeks at a time.

I’m now looking at a semi retirement option, where I plan to work a couple of days a week and have absolutely no need to turn up face to face in London. I can do this from anywhere I want, and when the US opens up again my intention would be to head off for a prolonged break, maybe a couple of months, but still check in regularly and conduct some business when I need to whilst sitting by the pool.

Do you think an ESTA covers me for this? My employer is UK based. It’s probably a query which is likely to come up a lot more now that we have become accustomed to the ‘new normal’. I see conflicting arguments when trying to find answers online, hopefully someone here has some experience of this.