Legal Question in Immigration Law in New York

I live in Germany and work (programming) on our german company that has partner company in US (hereinafter USCorp). USCorp has customer in US and they invited me to arrive in US and work in customer's office "on site" using B1 visa. This means ordinary work day in customer's office with some ordinary programming duties. Important notice: I will NOT earn money in US. Germany company will still pay on my german bank account that linked to my credit card and I can use card anywhere to pay bills in US, so there will not any financial activity between me and USCorp's customer on US territory.

Will it be legal?


Asked on 5/16/14, 3:14 am

2 Answers from Attorneys
Rahul Manchanda, Esq. Manchanda Law Office PLLC

Hello - this is a complicated question. Please call me at (212) 968-8600 or toll-free at (800) 750-1828. Regards, RDM

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Answered on 5/16/14, 7:42 am
Marlene Hemmings Marlene Hemmings, Attorney at Law

This scenario is not legal. You cannot work on a B-1, even if you are being paid by the German company. Depending on the ownership of the German & U.S. companies, you might want to explore the L visa as an option.

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Answered on 5/16/14, 10:49 am


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