H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada smooths way for techies

Re:H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada s... by pshc on Monday October 08, 2018 @03:37PM (#18170612)

re: crypto mining, that’s funny. I thought a passive activity like crypto mining is allowed as long as one doesn’t actively “work” on it. Maybe the NAFTA/USMCA rules are different?

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Re:H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada s... by Scoundreller on Monday October 08, 2018 @09:19PM (#18172649)

How is crypto mining anything different than gold mining? If I invest in $$$ equipment and land to mine gold, do I only pay capital gains taxes for the value of the gold mined? Of course not.

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Re:H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada s... by bdcravens on Monday October 08, 2018 @05:47PM (#18171605)

Mining is one thing, selling for a profit is where I think you run afoul. (IANAL)

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Re:H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada s... by arcticbull on Monday October 08, 2018 @08:51PM (#18172537)

That’s just investment income afaik. Pretty sure this is okay so long as you’re not day trading.

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Re:H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada s... by jpatokal on Monday October 08, 2018 @08:57PM (#18172569)

The real problem here is that you can't stake your and your family's future on being "pretty sure" that a random immigration bureaucrat will see it that way, so the only sane thing to do is avoid anything with even slight risk. (Or move to Canada.)

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Re:H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada s... by arcticbull on Monday October 08, 2018 @11:15PM (#18173053)

Well, I'm pretty sure, but an immigration attorney will be confident :)

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Re:H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada s... by bdcravens on Monday October 08, 2018 @09:55PM (#18172788)

I think it would be seen more as manufacturing income.

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