under the table work

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

My husband had an offer to help out at a restaurant when he was needed. He would just be given some cash at the end of the night for his help but would not technically be an employee. Its a very nice restaurant and well established. I am a little skeptical of the whole situation and absolutely do not want to interfer with any of our pending paperwork. I just want to know if anyone else tried anything like this or what the chances are of getting caught. Please any advice would be greatly appreciated before he decides to do this or not.

Thanks!

Diana

If you do this I would tell ANYONE. The official answer is "no no don't do it'. But do what you need to survive.

[MHandMB 0]

We went to the local USCIS center via infopass when my husband's temp EAD expired. We specifically asked if he could continue to work while he was waiting for his EAD. She said "well, we don't usually tell people to work, but since he already had permission to work and he's applied for AOS and fulfilled the requirements of the visa, it's ok for him to continue to work, as long as his employer is ok with it. It' won't affect his greencard application. "

Take that for whatever it's worth.

[dirtyd301 0]

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What is this supposed to mean??? Why are you bringing this up? No one is doing anything illegal here!

Diana

[Kez/JWolf 6]

Yes you are asking about illegal work.... and trying to find a way that will make it ok to do.... if you dont have the authority to work then dont do it.... there is no other answer....

Kezzie

[dirtyd301 0]

Yes you are asking about illegal work.... and trying to find a way that will make it ok to do.... if you dont have the authority to work then dont do it.... there is no other answer....

Kezzie

I know that I asked about it but we are not going to do it. I know that it would be illegal that is why my husband did not take the job. I was just simply asking people's opinions and experiences with this topic. I don't want anyone to think that we doing something illegal here. Because we definetely are not going to take that risk!

Diana

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

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What is this supposed to mean??? Why are you bringing this up? No one is doing anything illegal here!

Diana

'Under the table' work is illegal for anyone in the US regardless of status (USC, EAD, GC etc..) It implies tax-evasion. Because wages are paid without taxes being withheld (1099s are a different story).

[Immigrant 0]

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Narc

[iceyspots 0]

I didn't report anything.. it was more a friendly reminder type thing... these boards are fair game for anyone to read.. including the federal govt... I only copied and pasted the disclaimer on the bottom of the page. If you want to tell someone to do something illegal, that's not my business, but do it in private message instead of risking getting in trouble.

[noviademexicano 0]

Getting paid under the table or work for cash, is not illegal. I did it for years, as long as you file taxes on your income tax and report the income. I would just keep a ledger with the amounts and dates I was paid. Now as far as working without a permit, when you are married to a USC, it is usually forgiven. But if you get caught in a raid or something that's where the troubles can start.

[Boiler 45,880]

I didn't report anything.. it was more a friendly reminder type thing... these boards are fair game for anyone to read.. including the federal govt... I only copied and pasted the disclaimer on the bottom of the page. If you want to tell someone to do something illegal, that's not my business, but do it in private message instead of risking getting in trouble.

The OP is a K1.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

I didn't report anything.. it was more a friendly reminder type thing... these boards are fair game for anyone to read.. including the federal govt... I only copied and pasted the disclaimer on the bottom of the page. If you want to tell someone to do something illegal, that's not my business, but do it in private message instead of risking getting in trouble.

yup. just fair warning.

[iceyspots 0]

I just dont want to see anyone getting in trouble... that's all...

[dirtyd301 0]

I just dont want to see anyone getting in trouble... that's all...

Icyspots,

I understand where you are coming from and what you are trying to say. It was a misunderstanding on both parts. I never wanted anyone to think that we were doing anything illegal, because we would never risk our green card no matter how tempting something like this is, i was just asking a question about it. You replied with what you thought was best and I took it the wrong way just like you did mine. I appreciate you trying to help and there are no hard feelings. I wish you all the best on your visa!!

Diana

[KarenCee 3]

Getting paid under the table or work for cash, is not illegal. I did it for years, as long as you file taxes on your income tax and report the income. I would just keep a ledger with the amounts and dates I was paid. Now as far as working without a permit, when you are married to a USC, it is usually forgiven. But if you get caught in a raid or something that's where the troubles can start.

Hmmm.....where do you get this information from? Working without a permit isn't forgiven, from what I've read. Do you have documentation for this, cause this is the first I've heard of it. It is ILLEGAL to work without an EAD, being the immigrant without a green card. Being caught in a raid...if that's where the trouble starts then that indicates to me that it would be wrong altogether.

[Boiler 45,880]

Getting paid under the table or work for cash, is not illegal. I did it for years, as long as you file taxes on your income tax and report the income. I would just keep a ledger with the amounts and dates I was paid. Now as far as working without a permit, when you are married to a USC, it is usually forgiven. But if you get caught in a raid or something that's where the troubles can start.

Hmmm.....where do you get this information from? Working without a permit isn't forgiven, from what I've read. Do you have documentation for this, cause this is the first I've heard of it. It is ILLEGAL to work without an EAD, being the immigrant without a green card. Being caught in a raid...if that's where the trouble starts then that indicates to me that it would be wrong altogether.

I am not sure how many more times I need to say this, but a K1 is authorised to work, the issue is evidence.

The situations you are talking about involve people who EWI'd, and even then they are usually released.

The employer is from a practical point of view the one most at risk. But 10,000,000 plus people go to work everyday without work authorisation, probably the majority of those who adjust status in the US have worked illegally.

Still waiting for an answer on the 10 year ban.