Work on H4

[Preoccupied1965]

Here’s my situation…..

My wife worked in the US for 3 years on H1B visa, and is now on H4 visa for the last 2 years. Because she worked previously, she has SSN.

For 3 months my wife worked on H4 (Yes I know this is illegal but it happened). Her employer is saying that they can:
1. Either pay her after withholding taxes and will give her W2 at year end,
2. Or they can pay her without withholding taxes and no W2.

What option should we take?

My questions is if we get her W2 and 3 years down the line we file for our GC (I-485), would this create a problem in the GC process that she worked on H4 for 3 months? Would they look at all our previous W2’s and figure out that she worked on H4 for 3 months?

I feel that by getting her income without any W2 would further complicate our issues. Even though we broke a law by working on H4, we should not break another law by not paying taxes.

Any suggestions? (And please no flames. I know we did something bad but I’m really looking for some genuine suggestions here).

Thanks

 

[great guru]

Here’s my situation…..

My wife worked in the US for 3 years on H1B visa, and is now on H4 visa for the last 2 years. Because she worked previously, she has SSN.

For 3 months my wife worked on H4 (Yes I know this is illegal but it happened). Her employer is saying that they can:
1. Either pay her after withholding taxes and will give her W2 at year end,
2. Or they can pay her without withholding taxes and no W2.

What option should we take?

My questions is if we get her W2 and 3 years down the line we file for our GC (I-485), would this create a problem in the GC process that she worked on H4 for 3 months? Would they look at all our previous W2’s and figure out that she worked on H4 for 3 months?

I feel that by getting her income without any W2 would further complicate our issues. Even though we broke a law by working on H4, we should not break another law by not paying taxes.

Any suggestions? (And please no flames. I know we did something bad but I’m really looking for some genuine suggestions here).

Thanks

Do not take any money with or with out w2 deductions so that it will not go into any record. You made an illegal thing but this is the cure for it. Do not ruin your GC for these amount..

 

[bostonqa]

Similar situation

I have a similar situation where my Wife(who is on H4) got some work opportunity from a US based company, since she was visiting India for Couple of months, she took the assignment and completed the work while she was in India. They paid her using 'Checks' and we deposited those checks here in US.

my question is, is this legal? how do you declare this in Tax return?

 

[mpek]

How does it affect Green Card process ?

Hi --

Not that my wife's (who's on H4) is working --- but am curious -- how can this affect someone's Green Card.. especially, if that person receives cash ...

Am I missing something ?

cheers

mpek