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H4 visa website business doubt

Asked on Oct 21st, 2013 on Immigration - California
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Wanted to know if its legal for my wife (on H4) can act as a middle agent between a Chinese website and people in india. Basically she collects stuff from a Chinese website(origin in china) and sends it across to some people in india as a whole and they redistribute it. Is this process against some legal law w.r.t H4 visa? I am unaware of this so please help. Thanks a lot.
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Immigration and Nationality Law Attorney serving New York, NY
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H-4 holders have no authorization to work in the US. That being said, it would appear that your wife is buying from a website based in another country in order to sell to people in a third country, which parties would then compensate her. If the funds will be given to her account in India, there would appear to be no concern. If the funds are to be sent to her in this country, there might be more question as to whether she is earning money illegally. An argument can, however, be made that her work is not illegal as she is self-employed and not taking away a job from a US worker by purchasing goods from a non-US enterprise to ship to enterprises in a third country at which point payment is earned.Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.  
Answered on Nov 07th, 2013 at 11:25 PM

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