IANAL, I believe you cannot work on your startup or any other company with an F1 (you can only work part-time on campus edit: I forgot about the OPT, worth looking into) or H1B (you can only work for the company that sponsored you). You may want to look at the L1 visa.
on H1B, I am legally only allowed to work for the company that sponsored me the visa. I can switch company, but I can again work only for that one. L1 doesnt allow switching jobs. But both of them have no lee way for forming your own companies in my opinion
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IANAL, I believe you cannot work on your startup or any other company with an F1 (you can only work part-time on campus edit: I forgot about the OPT, worth looking into) or H1B (you can only work for the company that sponsored you). You may want to look at the L1 visa.
Please your information is incorrect, with proper authorization (OPT or STEM extension) a student on an F1 visa can start a company.
Please look at my other post for reference to the guidance published by ICE.
L1 visa has to be sponsored by a company outside of US, so that wouldnt be a feasible option.
Also, I have gradudated and am working on F1 Opt, so I can work fulltime outside campus.
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Please do not spread incorrect information when it comes to US immigration, mistakes can have very real and life-changing consequences.
on H1B, I am legally only allowed to work for the company that sponsored me the visa. I can switch company, but I can again work only for that one. L1 doesnt allow switching jobs. But both of them have no lee way for forming your own companies in my opinion