Unauthorized income for H1B workers?
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I am not an immigration lawyer so don’t take my word as final answer.\n\nAs a US resident ( which you are since you are living here and paying tax) you are allow to participate any Sweepstakes /lotto/lottery. So wining those is legal and you are subject to appropriate tax.\n\nAbout eBay/Ad sense/Affiliate Marketing, they are considered as business. You are allowed to invest or start a business in USA. Again you have to follow appropriate laws and regulation. But you are not allow to work anyone (including you own business) but the company filed your H1b for. So you have to hire someone to work for your business or run eBay/ad sense.\nI know some people running business (like gas station) but they are still in H1b visa even one has F1 visa. They are hiring other people to work for their business. \nWell… running a business is also some types of work even you hire someone to work for you. I am not how those things work but pretty sure there is way to do legally.\n\nIf you are planning to do something like this I recommend you to consult a good immigration lawyer.
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Well if you request a copy of the record from the company that did the background report,you will find that it contains the F.B.I header in it somewhere.You will also find at the top of the page "It is illegal for a company to deny you employment because of any information contained in this report"(However it doesn't apply to certain Government jobs)So ,therefore the report which is comes from a"government" agengy but,is collected by an independant firm says that if you are denied employment you can sue.
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I'm not familiar with the specific company in question, but there are several types of employment scams that I can think of.\n\nThe first is a check-mule scam. A fake company (usually an export company) will claim to want hire you as their agent in the US/UK/Whatever-country-you-are-in, and that your duties will be to accept checks from customers, cash them, and then transfer the company's cut through Western Union, MoneyGram, or some other untraceable transfer method. The problem is, that the checks you end up getting are fake. So you take the check to the bank, the bank accepts the check and credits your account, you withdraw most of the cash from your account and wire it to the fake company. Then, a month later when the bank figures out that you gave them a fake check, your account gets debited the amount from the check, you may end up with a negative balance, and the Secret Service shows up at your doorstep asking you questions about check fraud while the real criminals just disappear into thin air with your money.\n\nThe second is an immigration-style scam. The fake company offers to hire you to work in some other country with nice pay. Everything looks fine until you find out you need to send the company money through Western Union, MoneyGram, or some other untraceable money service in order to cover "visa fees" or other such rubbish.\n\nIf what you are dealing with sounds like either of those two things, then you are probably dealing with advance fee fraud (also known as 419 scams). If that sounds like a description of what you are dealing with then you should drop all contact with them completely, especially if they have any of your real personal information.
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That is definitely a problem. Why lie about marriage status for an H1B? No answer is better than another, and being married delays nothing. Now you have put any chance at residency in question.\n\nBe honest!
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You need to call the labor relation board in your state and see if that is legal. It doesn't sound like it but they would know the answers. You can do it without stating what company you work for.
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Based on IRS publication 513, it appears that resident aliens working in the US are subject to income tax, but not social security tax.  However, I'd recommend a more  thorough look at the IRS website to be certain.
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You just need an employer in the USA willing to sponsor you for an H1-B visa. This employer needs to give you a job and justify that they cannot find people with your kind of experience and that this employment is temporary. This employer may even pay for your legal fees or ask you to pay. Anyway, that is it. This is done all the time. No need of an American citizen's help.
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Contact your nearest employment security office, they should be able to give you an answer.
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try h1bsponsors.com.\n\nps. i'm sorry to disagree with frank castle, but i did start as an H1b, and experience of atleast 3 years would suffice (not 12 years) plus education.
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You need to start with the department of labor.  They will investigate this for you for free and make an attempt to get your money for you.  Then you can also contact the United States Department of Labor if you are unable to resolve this on a state level.  Contact the US Secretary of labor Elain Chao  http://www.dol.gov/
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You MUST report them to the Better Business, Labor Department and get an attorney.  In the event you are an illegal immigrant it would not matter that you have to put up with your employer's failure to pay you.  Get all the documentation you can get.  If you don't have paper documents see if you can get a hold of office e-mails, memos, phone record's etc.. Also try to get your employer to put in writing the reason's why the company is in trouble and why you aren' being paid and by when do they expect to pay you.  Also try to find out if this has happened before to others before and try to get their story.  Keep dates of all conversations with your employer and try to get them to put in writing any agreements and to sign them.
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it is quite a low salary, close to the minumum allowed by law. If you ,however, also receive housing and meals as part of your employment it may be ok. It also depends in which area of the United States you will be working... In the Midwest $1,200 a month maybe ok but not in California !\nAlso remember you will have to also pay taxes.\n\nWhat did you want to know about the h2a visa ? it's a visa for seasonal agricultural workers
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Good luck with this.\nContinue to attempt contact, and go to the better business bureau website if you have no success to log a complaint and see if they can help you.\n\nAnd please ... while many americans make good livings, and some are "rich"; a good deal more of us live on a very limited budget and have little discretionery income, and understand what you are talking about as far as money.
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Not a problem, proof of residential alien with be fine. As for income, you could go "stated" in which case they don't ask for any documentation, just a verbal verification of employment. i do aliens from mexico all the time.\n  You can't use your parents house as an asset. Ask yourself how your credit is, don't run it on your own for free.\n  Good luck, you may contact me with further information.\n\nSabrina_dawson5@yahoo.com
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Seriously, if you dont tell, no one will know if you are going to school.  But, you have to keep your job to keep your H1 visa status, remember, no job = no income.  no income = no money to pay for school.
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You will need an employer to sponsor you to get an H1B visa. Agencies hiring teachers to work in the US may help.
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The United States does not tax nonresident aliens on income from personal services performed outside the country, regardless of citizenship or residence.  \n\nSection 871 imposes a tax on investment income and compensation from US sources, and income connected with a trade or business carried on by the individual in the United States.\n\nSection 864 provides that the performance of personal services in the US is considered carrying on a trade or business in the US.\n\nSections 861-862 provide that income from personal services has its source where the services are performed.\n\nBased on all these provisions, your wife should not have income from US sources and should not be subject either to income tax or to social security taxes.  \n\nSometimes it is difficult to get employers to accept this, but these are the rules.  Since the employer is a large company they should have experience with this and you should not have any problems.\n\nIf your wife travels to the US on business, then there is a possibility she would be subject to US tax on the compensation attributable to the time she spends working here.\n\nYou should confirm this advice with your tax advisor.