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    Default Earning Royalties from Past Work While on a F1 Visa

    Hello! So i have 2 books published before coming to U.S as F1. According to my college immigration advisor, everything is ok and i can earn money because the books where published before coming to the U.S. Now, this money goes into my Argentinean paypal account and I have transfered it many times to my bank of america account; will I have any problem with DHS any time i enter U.S from vacation? because everytime i transfer money from paypal, it is just money transfered, it comes from my royalties, but the bank doesn't know that, neither uscis. Can they think im earning money illegally?

    another question, if I reprint more copies in the U.S (same book, everything the same, just reprint), is it legal?
    What if i pay a publishing company to print it and i make a publishing deal like "i pay you guys $500 and you pass it to all bookstores and I earn 50%", is it still legal? considering is the same book published before coming the u.s.

    thanks

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    Default Re: Earning Royalties from Past Work While on a F1 Visa

    The F1 restrictions on your employment in the U.S. do not apply to your employment out of other nations - you could, for example, have an employer back home who continued to employ you part-time while you were enrolled in a U.S. college on a F1 visa. As long as it's not U.S. employment it's not relevant.

    Here, you're not even talking about active employment, but collecting revenues from work you've performed in the past - work and revenue unrelated to your presence in the United States.

    You need to be a bit careful about not transforming your book business into a domestic U.S. business. If you're going to run a business that reprints or attempts to distribute your books, it would make sense for that business to be based in and operate out of Argentina.

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    Default Re: Earning Royalties from Past Work While on a F1 Visa

    Quote Quoting Mr. Knowitall
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    The F1 restrictions on your employment in the U.S. do not apply to your employment out of other nations - you could, for example, have an employer back home who continued to employ you part-time while you were enrolled in a U.S. college on a F1 visa. As long as it's not U.S. employment it's not relevant.
    Does that mean that if you work online for a company based outside of the US, it is not relevant as well?

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    Default Re: Earning Royalties from Past Work While on a F1 Visa

    F1 students are under significant restrictions for off-campus employment and a foreign company is off-campus. 8 CFR 214.2 (f)(9)(ii)(A). Also, if a foreign corporation employs somebody who is inside the U.S. that can create sufficient ties and contacts to potentially subject the employment to U.S. immigration, labor and tax laws. If you have more questions you should start your own thread.

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    Default Re: Earning Royalties from Past Work While on a F1 Visa

    Thanks! That's all I wanted to know.

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