Need help Joe

[rajat23]

Need help


Hey Joe,

I have been reading all the posts about starting and conducting business in the USA including all the pitfalls and restrictions. I have a couple of specific questions, if you could help me with these, I would appreciate your help.

1) If I am employed on H-1 with a consultant company ABC working at a client XYZ, can I bring in more business for my consultant company and get some financial gain out of it.

2) To be precise, can I have an agreement with my consultant that for every new empoyee that I bring in and get a project for; I get either a fixed amount or a certain pre-decided percentage? Can my consultant pay me a referral bonus or a fixed monthly/quarterly/annual bonus LEGALLY for new business that I bring in?

I hope you got my point, if not maybe I can try explaining it in a different way?

Thanks a ton,
Rajat.

 

[rajat23]

Sure. You are employed by the consultant company, so helping to bring in new business can very well be part of your employment. And the employer is free to honor that in any way they see fit.

Joe,

Thanks for the response.
Based on your response, I hae another doubt.
If my wife is a partner in that company, as an investor, can I be working for that company on H1, of course I cannot file for my GC thru that company since my wife will hold more than 5% in this company?
Or would that be a problem for my H1 transfer purposes?

Thanks again in advance.
Rajat.