snowcat

So I know that being employed right now is out of the question, but does helping my husband start a business count as employment? I asked my friend's dad (who is an immigration attorney) if I can put my name on my husband's LLC, and he said it's not a problem since you don't have to be a US Citizen to own a business. I still haven't done it because I don't want to get in trouble with the USCIS, but at the same time, it will be of great help to my husband if I can take care of some things for this budding business while he goes to work full time to support us both financially. The business is at its starting stages so we don't expect to earn money from it anytime soon (so it won't be a source of income), but at least getting things moving would be great, especially now that I have a lot of time. I have been trying to help out in ways in which I don't need to "officially" file papers with my name on it (for fear of being penalized by USCIS), but there are some things now that we need to do, which I can't personally do since I don't officially own the business and my husband currently has no time for since he needs to work to be able to support the 2 of us. I don't need to give my SSN out for any of the paperwork, so I'm wondering if this will affect my immigration process or if USCIS will have a way to find out at all? I know the consequences of doing any kind of work without EAD is bad and may lead to my deportation and all that, so no need to berate/scare me. I've just been getting mixed information on what I can or cannot do, especially since this immigration attorney told me it wouldn't be a problem. This is also why I'm asking and doing tons of research first before I make any move... I'm definitely scared and would not want to jeopardize my immigration process!