F-1 student and depositing business checks into personal account

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Nikolay79

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Hi guys,

I heard this information, if you a F-1 student and if you are constantly depositing checks written by a company to your bank account, the immigration could suspect that you are working. Does anyone know if it's true? Does the immigration has access to my bank account or a bank could report them?

Thanks in advance!
 
It seems that you already know that it is illegal to work in the United States on a student visa.

Now, since the US Govt. has better things to do than to monitor bank accounts of immigrants (unless the business that is giving you check is being investigated by law enforcement and they are being watched) it is not likely that your account is on their radar screen. However, when people break the law, they leave a trace behind, and you sure are leaving behind a huge paper trail. During a random check on you or your employer or while trying to enter at the airport, if the officer suspects that you are abusing the terms of your visa, you maybe denied entry and barred for X number of years. This unauthorized employment may also be caught if you apply for any other visa in the future (at that time, the USCIS may decide to dig deeper or even make phone calls or cross-check IRS/Social Security databases since if you are being paid, your employer is bound by law to also report that income to the Federal government). At that point also you can get into serious trouble.

It may seem though that since millions of illegals are working illegally right now anyone can get away with it, but the sad reality is that they have nothing to lose while you as a legal immigrant, you have a lot to lose. Also, it seems that it is easier for the Feds to punish legal immigrants easily compared to illegals. So you may want to think what you want to do.
 
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