Forum: Start up company issues

Hi Ron, I am sure you must have seen the ads where you can post the links for Google and make money.. Is it allowed for someone who is on an H1-B to earn money that way, in addition to his primary day job (primary job being the job where the employer who sponsored the H1-B) ? Is it...

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Ron- I would like to know if I can start my own company (LLC). Here is my current situation - My wife and me are on EAD. We filed for our I-485 in July 2007 and still waiting for visa numbers to be current. Also, I have H1-B from my current employer. Because of the economic situation, it is...

Hi, I am EAD/AP/PD June 2006, i485 filed in 2007 EB2. I am working fulltime on EAD for company A. I am planning to open a LLC. Can I register my own LLC,(where I will work part-time) and work for Company A (for which I have been working for last 1 year on EAD). WIll there be any issues in my...

Hi Ron, I have received EAD and my H1-B is extended up to 2010. My PD is March 2004, EB-3 India. I would like to start my small business, on my own. The new business may not be in the same field as current job (I am currently in IT, Proj Mgr).

Hello, Ron I and my wife have EAD(AOS)..Five years back started business(Corporation) on my wife name...Now we are planning to do business with big companies...In any vendor application and also in W-9 Form following sentence will be there....My wife is eligible to certify or not. "I Certify...

I have gone though most of discussions and found most people on line are only interested in setting up a LLC or C-Corp for their business. However, the latest development of i-phone has opened a new door to independent software developer(ISD). Unlike 1099 consultants who get paid regularly from...

Hi, I have a question about starting new business. I am under H1B status now and negotiating about green card process with my current employer, and I am considering starting a new company(a website.) So far as I learned, the best way of doing it is apply for a part time H1B for the new company...

Hi Ron, I just got a green card on October 2, 09 and wonder if I can quit my current job with my sponsoring company and go out to do my own business? Do I have to be with my sponsoring company at least 6 months after getting a green card to avoid the citizenship issue? Would that cause any...

Dear Ron, I am on H1B visa with my current sponsoring company and very interested in opening my own engineering firm. I plan on transfering H1B to this new found company later on. I also have the PE license. However, I am not sure if I can do that by putting myself as the Professional Engineer...

Hello there, I am in EAD/AP/I-485 with PD Oct 2003. same for my wife, she is also applied with same application, also on EAD/AP. 1. Can i start my own consulting and work for the same without affecting my green card? will there be any problem/queries? If not, can my wife own the company and...

Dear Mr.Ron, I am in a H1B visa valid till Mar 2010; LC, I-140 approved, waiting for PD Oct 2005 to be current for 485. I want to open an export company in USA (with onsite-offshore operations). Looks like LLC as a partnership is the most preferred option. Ques 1: If I (80% stake holder)...

Hi Ron; I have a LLC opened in one state and now I am moving to a different state. Do I have to register my company in the new state as well? Second, We opened a company (LLC) last october. We haven't made any money not we advertized our company yet. I haven't filed the tax return for last...

Hello, My husband's company has sponsored our greencard and both of us have a valid EAD. While he is still on H1, I want to work for my dad's firm which is in India. I want to just develop his business and act as a liason between his Indian firm and customers in the US without taking any salary...