Ensure international visitors enter the country in a business (B1 or WB) status, rather than a tourist status (B-2 or WT) to preventÌýdifficulties in processing their reimbursement or honoraria.Ìý Visitors should verify their status before leaving the port of entry.ÌýÌýContact Karen before the visit if the visitor is on anything but a B1/B2 of WB/WT visa.
CU's International tax specialists prefer that international visitors purchase their own airfare and hotel and be reimbursed after the visit.Ìý If it is a financial or logistical hardship to pay for these expenses upfront, email intltax@cu.edu in advance of visit with:Ìý purpose, length of travel, expected immigration status of visitor, and estimated costs. Ìý
Visitors on a J-1 visa will need a permission letter from the institution they have the J-1 visa with.
Visitors on a J-2 visa without an EAD card cannot be paid honoraria or reimbursed for travel expenses.Ìý Visitors on a tourist visa cannot be reimbursed airfare to/from home (they can be reimbursed airfare from their vacation location to Boulder).Ìý Honoraria payments to international visitors are taxed 30%, travel expense reimbursements are not (usually) taxed.Ìý
Assuming visitors you are admitted in a business status, we will require copies of the passport photo page, entry stamp (or I-94 if one was issued), andÌýÌýwith parts I and IV completed in order to process the reimbursement.
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