J1 waiver as an independent contractor

july1375

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Can you get J1 waiver as an independent contractor or do you need to be an employee? Like working for emergency medicine staffing companies (locum tenant companies) Anybody have any experience with that?
 
Can you get J1 waiver as an independent contractor or do you need to be an employee? Like working for emergency medicine staffing companies (locum tenant companies) Anybody have any experience with that?


For H1b employment you need to be a W-2 employee and that is where the problem lies.

(I know one guy who bought a practice and did his waiver as an employee of his own corporation. In order to keep the goverment of his trail he had to keep a partner in the corp and own his share through a trust. 3 years later he sold the practice and moved on to greener pastures. WARNING: this is in all likelihood illegal).
 
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