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 loftyal on Monday October 08, 2018 @04:27PM (#18170994)

I've spoken to an H1B lawyer about this, You can actually monetize your online work, just as long as the freelance company is not American. You can start up a limited company in your home country and get paid into a bank account there.

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Re:H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada s... by _iofi on Monday October 08, 2018 @05:00PM (#18171262)

This is bad advice. It is really risky to do this and you can be barred from US forever.

Lawyers can give bad advice, and you need to triple-check non conventional advice. I used a lawyer who is really popular with YC companies. He gave me really bad advise, none of it worked eventually and I had to leave US eventually.

Be very conservative and careful when dealing with Immigration laws. Especially with the current environment.

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Re:H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada s... by arcticbull on Monday October 08, 2018 @08:54PM (#18172554)

What matters is where you are physically located when performing the work not where the company that owns the work product is incorporated from a US immigration perspective. You should double check this with another attorney.

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Re:H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada s... by wenc on Monday October 08, 2018 @05:17PM (#18171395)

This is incorrect and dangerous advice.

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