Work From Home...In the US

[Cliff&Liz 10]

Hello All:

Does anyone know of any good 'work from home' opportunities that are out there. I was wondering if while waiting for AP,EAD, and AOS I was able to have a work from home job in the US for a Canadian company?

Any thoughts?

[ricnally 258]

Legally, even that is not allowed.

[bigdog 376]

Work is OK as long as you have your EAD, while waiting for a green card.

[Ms Hogan 295]

You are not permitted to work in the U.S. for any company until you have work authorization. It doesn't matter if the company is Canadian. You can't work while in the U.S. until they say you can.

[Rob & Monika 87]

You are not permitted to work in the U.S. for any company until you have work authorization. It doesn't matter if the company is Canadian. You can't work while in the U.S. until they say you can.

Its not entirely clear whether one can legally work for a foreign company while residing in the US, and even immigration lawyers cannot agree on whether it is legal.

To be sure, the U.S. immigration police would probably try to assert that a nonimmigrant who works from his U.S. home for a foreign employer on the facts I've posited has violated the immigration laws. But that doesn't mean the immigration cops would be right. I believe, nonetheless, that the federal judiciary would follow EEOC v. Arabian American Oil Co. and say that U.S. immigration law cannot be applied extraterritorially to prohibit that which is lawful on foreign soil.

http://www.nationofimmigrators.com/employment-based-immigration/immigration-lawyers-arguing-can-i-work-from-home-for-a-foreign-employer/