Can a K1 Visa do remote work while AOS and EAD pending?

[walkingoneggshell 8]

Hi everyone,

 

I'm looking for advice regarding doing remote work for a Non-US company. I'm considering joining and getting jobs at a project based website similar to Odesk. I just mailed my AOS packet including my application for an EAD.

Can anyone advise me how I can go about doing this? AM I ALLOWED to do this? Or can anyone share what they did to earn any sort of income while waiting for their green card and EAD? I'm not looking to build a lucrative career here, I just don't like asking my husband for money for small things like a shaver or feminine products.

[Crazy Cat 41,845]

Here is an article discussing the issue.   Working while located inside the US is not allowed without authorization, imo.  When you receive your EAD, you will be authorized to work.  If working was a priority, maybe a K-1 was not a good choice.  This is a big disadvantage of a fiance visa.

 

https://www.nationofimmigrators.com/courts-on-immigration-law/immigration-lawyers-arguing-can-i-work-from-home-for-a-foreign-employer/

 

 

Edited August 11, 2020 by Lucky Cat

[igoyougoduke 1,656]

48 minutes ago, walkingoneggshell said:

Hi everyone,

 

I'm looking for advice regarding doing remote work for a Non-US company. I'm considering joining and getting jobs at a project based website similar to Odesk. I just mailed my AOS packet including my application for an EAD.

Can anyone advise me how I can go about doing this? AM I ALLOWED to do this? Or can anyone share what they did to earn any sort of income while waiting for their green card and EAD? I'm not looking to build a lucrative career here, I just don't like asking my husband for money for small things like a shaver or feminine products.

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[walkingoneggshell 8]

24 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

Here is an article discussing the issue.   Working while located inside the US is not allowed without authorization, imo.  When you receive your EAD, you will be authorized to work.  If working was a priority, maybe a K-1 was not a good choice.  This is a big disadvantage of a fiance visa.

 

https://www.nationofimmigrators.com/courts-on-immigration-law/immigration-lawyers-arguing-can-i-work-from-home-for-a-foreign-employer/

 

 

Wow. Excellent article. Thank you! I guess it's a very thin gray line.

 

For the benefit of others who may be wondering and might read the article too, I'm looking at a website that specifically hires Filipinos as outsourced temps to put it simply. From what I understood from the article, that's a fact that might tip the scale towards me "getting away" with working from home for a non US company;

- because by working remotely for a non US company, I am not taking away any job opportunity from an American in the US and the website that I am on is catered specifically for the employment of Filipinos, not Americans. (This is just my understanding, I'm not a lawyer)

 

At the end of the day, until a case like this goes to court and sets a precedence,  I agree with Lucky Cat. Better to not risk it and jeopardize my application.