Work in the USA as a Free lance web designer
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Work in the USA as a Free lance web designer
Hi all,
I am considering studying in America sometime in the next few years, and obviously I'd like my boyfriend to come along. He's not a student anymore, but he is a web designer, and would like to start doing free lance work. If he followed me to America, what visa would he need? If he only has clients from the UK, not the US, and if he keeps paying UK taxes etc. Does he need a working visa or would a visiter visa be enough? Because he won't have an employer in the US, therefore he cannot get a working visa.. And he won't have any employees so he won't be able to get an entrepreneur visa either.
Any ideas??
Thank you
Margaux
I am considering studying in America sometime in the next few years, and obviously I'd like my boyfriend to come along. He's not a student anymore, but he is a web designer, and would like to start doing free lance work. If he followed me to America, what visa would he need? If he only has clients from the UK, not the US, and if he keeps paying UK taxes etc. Does he need a working visa or would a visiter visa be enough? Because he won't have an employer in the US, therefore he cannot get a working visa.. And he won't have any employees so he won't be able to get an entrepreneur visa either.
Any ideas??
Thank you
Margaux
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He cannot work in the US without a work visa. If he is doing something that he would be paid for in the UK he would need a work visa. Most likely a H1B visa but for that he needs an employer to sponsor him. For an L visa he needs to have worked for a company in the UK for a year minimum before transferring to the US. Check out Pulaski's guide here .
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He cannot work in the US without a work visa. If he is doing something that he would be paid for in the UK he would need a work visa. Most likely a H1B visa but for that he needs an employer to sponsor him. For an L visa he needs to have worked for a company in the UK for a year minimum before transferring to the US. Check out Pulaski's guide here .
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Re: Work in the USA as a Free lance web designer
Any ideas?
Ian
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He cannot work while he is in the US without a work visa...even work for a UK company with UK based clients. If he is physically in the US he needs a visa authorising him to work...no matter where the company or client is located.
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He wants to be working from the US for UK clients but not as part of a company. If that makes sense?
Ian
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I don't believe there is a visa type for what he wants to do.
Rene
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Re: Work in the USA as a Free lance web designer
Just so you know, it is not a year in the UK. They need to have been working for a qualifying organization abroad for one continuous year within the three years immediately preceding their admission to the United States.
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As a student, if you got a F1 visa and were married, he could get a F2 visa and join you.
He won't be allowed to work though, not while in the US.
He won't be allowed to work though, not while in the US.