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What do spouses of H1B visa holders do?
I understand that spouses of H1B visas can't work. For the existing tech workers in US, what creative/productive activities do your wives do? It seems very unattractive you are the wife of a H1B visa holder.
I am not sure whether I want to sabotage my wife's career for my career.
- ASquare 12y agoThis post from a while back had some potential options but as always vet the information with a lawyer before committing to doing anything: http://www.endlesswait.com/h1b/what-to-do-when-you-are-on-h4-status/ http://www.endlesswait.com/h1b/what-to-do-when-you-are-on-h4...
- zerr 12y agoNot that I suggest, but how common is it in US to work illegally in a white collar job space?
- raquo 12y agoI don't have an answer to your question, I just want to point out that other countries allow spouses of foreign students and workers to work without going through H1B-style hassle. This is the case in Canada and IIRC Australia and New Zealand, probably others too.
- chrisBob 12y agoOut of the 3 people in this situation that I know well, two stayed home with kids, and one went to school herself. Of the two that stayed home, one also did a lot of volunteer work including helping her husband in the lab during his PostDoc.
- kyllo 12y agoThe stereotype in Seattle seems to be that the husband works at Microsoft as an H1B and meanwhile the wife gets an MBA.