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datacog on May 8, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Spouses of Some H-1B Visa Holders to Be Allowed to...

Yes, freelancing might not be exactly legal. Lot of people still do it.

IANAL, but I think it is legal to work for a foreign company from US, as long as the company is in no way associated or affiliated to US. Someone please correct me if wrong.

watermelon59 on May 9, 2014 [–]

It's not, we checked that before coming to the US. My wife was a performance engineer in our home country, and there was some discussion about her keeping her job and working remotely, but our immigration attorney said that would be illegal.

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