Re:Is Delaware the Cheapest Place to Incorporate?
by Mystery-Machine on Thursday November 16, 2023 @10:55PM
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You're wrong. Non-resident alien means the person is at-best a tourist. Most likely the person is outside of the US and _maybe_ visits occasionally.
Re:Is Delaware the Cheapest Place to Incorporate?
by dividendpayee on Thursday November 16, 2023 @11:04PM
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No, you are totally wrong. You should not comment on things that you have no understanding of. A non-resident alien is any person in the US who is not a citizen, green card holder, or passes the substantial presence test. There are millions of non-resident aliens on visas in the US.
Re:Is Delaware the Cheapest Place to Incorporate?
by zeusk on Thursday November 16, 2023 @11:43PM
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Substantial presence test is applied by IRS only for tax residency. You can be on h1-b for 5 years, pass the SPT and classify as tax resident but still be non-resident alien in the eyes of DHS/USCIS/SSA.
Re:Is Delaware the Cheapest Place to Incorporate?
by lannisterstark on Friday November 17, 2023 @01:42AM
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In the United States, non-resident alien is someone who does not have a LPR or US citizenship. Students on F1 Visas and J1 visas for example, are categorized as Nonresident aliens.
H1B is a dual purpose visa on the other hand. LPRs and Citizens are obviously categorized as residents.
Re:Is Delaware the Cheapest Place to Incorporate?
by throwaheyy on Friday November 17, 2023 @04:05AM
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Completely wrong.
These visas don’t authorize you to work for a company other than the one officially sponsoring the visa, but you are allowed to own your own business. Perhaps that is the motivation for wanting to open an LLC, but I’m not sure what an LLC gets you in this situation that simply declaring yourself a sole proprietor doesn’t.