can a student on a j1 visa work online from home (Network marketing)

New Orleans, LA Viewed 22 times. Posted about 1 month ago in Immigration

I'm an exchange student in the US, I have been offered to participate in network marketing, as a work from my computer at home, in order to try to make some extra dollars a month. I don't get paid a salary, but I get commission for every body that I convince to participate within this network marketing activity. if I know that the mother company is trustful and not a fraud, would that be considered as work and though prohibited by the J1 Visa regulations or not?
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Scott D. Pollock

This attorney is licensed in Illinois and 1 other state. Posted about 1 month ago.

This proposal sounds to me like unauthorized employment in the U.S., and could result in a finding that you violated your J-1 status. J-1's activities in the U.S. are limited to carrying out the terms of their exchange program as reflected on the DS-2019 form. It has nothing to do with whether the networking marketing company is trustworthy. Going to work for another trustworthy company without authorization would also violate nonimmigrant status. It is also irrelevant that you would be paid on a commission basis.