I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by jewelry on Friday July 28, 2023 @03:53PM (#36912367)

I'm managing a software engineering team for a medium size startup (400 engineers) and one common question is about the source income restriction of H1B employees. One example is that O'Reilly reached out to one engineer on a book deal, and it seems to be impossible to proceed considering he's on H1B. Any angle to work around it?

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Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by proberts on Friday July 28, 2023 @04:40PM (#36913005)

Good question. Separate income streams are complicated. A concurrent part-time H-1B is sometimes an option for other employment. The problem with this specific situation is that a concurrent part-time H-1B would have to be structured, at least in part, as paid employment.

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