Me and my two friends want to start a startup in India and Australia. We won’t open it in US. Am I allowed to operate startup in another country while on H1-B. Or even for that also I need to get another H1-B approval ???
Not allowed
Yes. Hard to get approval. You can start it but do not operate. However for any job performed you need a separate h1b even if operations are outside the us
As long as you don’t draw salary from it you will be fine. And no conflict of interest with your current work.
Untrue, you can't work regardless of whether or not you draw salary.
You are free to do whatever you want outside of US. I was in a similar situation and confirmed. If the startup conflicts with your work, then it might cause troubles. You can have a workaround by making your parents official owners on paper.
Most of them are you cannot push code for the other company in your home country. Isn’t that the case?
Operate while inside the US: no. Regardless of whether or not you draw a salary that's illegal. Fly to Australia and operate it while there, then fly back to the US and don't operate it while here: no prob under US law so long as you report any Australian income to IRS. Whether Australia will allow you to work I can't say, are your an Aussie citizen?
Anyone asking this question is not a real entrepreneur. The risk (the chance that ICE arrest you for writing code on your laptop at night, and the consequences of getting arrested) is so small that anyone who can’t take the risk is probably not suitable to be an entrepreneur.
It might not just be about code. About his name being on the website, him officially being a part of firm, scouting for VCs etc
Try lost and found.
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You should look into O1. H1b is no go for you.
O1 is company sponsored just like H1B which means he can’t work in any other company but the company sponsoring their visa.