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Re:H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada s... by xtreme on Monday October 08, 2018 @05:28PM (#18171479)
USCIS considers pretty much everything that results in monetary gains (other than investing) as "working". Even renting your own house counts as working, so people on H1B can't do that either.
Re:H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada s... by arcticbull on Monday October 08, 2018 @08:49PM (#18172526)
Not exactly, you can rent your house, that’s considered passive income like any other investment (so long as you don’t day trade), which is fine, to the best of my knowledge.

You can’t have anything that even resembles a job, either paid (active income) OR unpaid if it may replace a paid US worker.

Re:H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada s... by huy-nguyen on Monday October 08, 2018 @08:50PM (#18172533)
That’s not true. Passive income (like renting out your room/house) is not considered work unless you spent a lot of time on it e.g. AirBnB.
Re:H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada s... by Scoundreller on Monday October 08, 2018 @09:18PM (#18172644)
What if you clean up after your guests leave instead of cleaning it yourself? Or do the work of renting it out yourself instead of hiring a property manager Or renovate your home to create room(s) to rent out?

What if the renter plugs a toilet and you unplug it yourself instead of hiring a plumber?

Re:H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada s... by asdfx on Monday October 08, 2018 @06:12PM (#18171773)
I do not think this is true.
Re:H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada s... by sumitgt on Monday October 08, 2018 @08:42PM (#18172493)
It is.