vuurvlieg_2000

Hi all,
I work from home as a freelance translator and have clients from all over the world, including the US but mostly in the UK. Over the last 9 months I've worked on an on-site job for a client as a J1 contractor. But that contract is going to expire soon and I'm looking for ways to stay here (and work from home) legally. I'm thinking about incorporating my own company in the UK and then sending myself on behalf of that company to the US on a B visa. Is this a realstic option?
If not, are there any other ways I could explore?

Many thanks for reading this.

vv

Jonathan McNeil Wong

vuurvlieg_2000 wrote:
    > Hi all,
    > I work from home as a freelance translator and have clients from all
    > over the world, including the US but mostly in the UK. Over the last 9
    > months I've worked on an on-site job for a client as a J1 contractor.
    > But that contract is going to expire soon and I'm looking for ways to
    > stay here (and work from home) legally. I'm thinking about incorporating
    > my own company in the UK and then sending myself on behalf of that
    > company to the US on a B visa. Is this a realstic option?
    > If not, are there any other ways I could explore?
    >
    > Many thanks for reading this.
    >
    > vv
    >

Won't work if you are doing the translating here. Will work for things
like meeting with clients, scoping the job, etc.



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vuurvlieg_2000 wrote:
    | Hi all,
    | I work from home as a freelance translator and have clients from all
    | over the world, including the US but mostly in the UK. Over the last 9
    | months I've worked on an on-site job for a client as a J1 contractor.
    | But that contract is going to expire soon and I'm looking for ways to
    | stay here (and work from home) legally. I'm thinking about incorporating
    | my own company in the UK and then sending myself on behalf of that
    | company to the US on a B visa. Is this a realstic option?
    | If not, are there any other ways I could explore?

You'd need to sit down with an immigration attorney, and not get your
hopes up too much. Options that you may want to look into are an E visa
and, if you have $1mil burning a hole in your pocket and want to grow
the company to ten or more employees, investment-based Green Cards.

In certain cases, you may also be able to self-sponsor for an H-1B, but
that is extremely tricky.

Also note that many of these "options" are really dead ends, and after a
few years you'd have to return anyway.

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