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I'm pretty sure that's directly at odds with what the State Department has to say about things. If you care about the legality of what you're doing, use extreme

I'm pretty sure that's directly at odds with what the State Department has to say about things. If you care about the legality of what you're doing, use extreme caution here and consider getting real legal advice.

scottydelta 12y ago
How is a US based company hiring someone via odesk and paying him via odesk illegal?
- crazypyro 12y ago
  Working in the U.S., even on odesk, without a proper visa is illegal.
  - scottydelta 12y ago
    As an indian, living in India and working on Odesk is not illegal. I don't need a visa or anything to work via Odesk.
    - crazypyro 12y ago
      Except the question was not about living in India, it was about living in the United States. If you live in the United States and you say you are working from India, you are committing fraud AND violating immigration laws. If you live in the United States and you say you are working from the United States, you are just violating immigration laws. Its about where you are physically located and as the original comment I replied to was referring to being physically located in the U.S., it would be illegal.