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Can I start a youtube channel or blog without monetizing it, as a hobby while working on H1B?
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I am currently working on H1B in US. I would love to open my own youtube channel or blog and appear in it. I don't want to monetize it. I just want it as a hobby. Can I do that? I would eventually be applying for GC. Would this hobby affect it? I searched many forums but never found a thread about this query. Thanks.
Giacomo Jacques BeharImmigration AttorneySan Diego, CACA licensed ·
I would say "no", since that would constitute "work", whether "monetized" or not and as such an activity in violation of your H-1B status, tantamount to "unlawful employment", which could render you removable and of course jeopardize your employment-based GC application when the time comes for you to file I-485 AOS.
