From what I remember reading a US embassy website: If you are telecommuting/teleworking for a foreign corporation not connected in the usa ('non us source income'), you can do that even if you don't have a US work authorization, as long as that corporation is not one you have a controlling interest in (not self-employed). So if you have a spouse who is under a non-work authorized visa, they can still telework for a polish corporation for example. Talk to lawyers and so on before you actually do something like this.