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I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

226 points proberts | 2 comments | 05 Dec 25 16:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.5s | source

As usual, there are countless immigration topics and I'll be guided by whatever you're concerned with. Please remember that I can't provide legal advice on specific cases for obvious liability reasons because I won't have access to all the facts. Please stick to a factual discussion in your questions and comments and I'll do the same in my answers!

Previous threads we've done: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=proberts.

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garbawarb ◴[05 Dec 25 17:15 UTC] No.46164210[source]▶
A question about TN status for a Canadian living in the US. There are some income-generating things I'd like to do outside of my work visa (play a music gig, upload music to Spotify, act in a movie). My understanding is that I can't do these things in the US. Am I able to do these things if I do them outside of the country, or is there any way to make them work? For example, if I went to Canada, recorded an album, uploaded it, then came back to the US.
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barbazoo ◴[05 Dec 25 17:33 UTC] No.46164468[source]▶
I got no answer but it sounds really fun what you’re planning to do :)
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1. garbawarb ◴[05 Dec 25 17:40 UTC] No.46164552[source]▶
It's no fun if you legally can't do it...
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2. fencepost ◴[05 Dec 25 18:52 UTC] No.46165571[source]▶
Just remember, if you want to put your content on youtube be sure you're demonetized by cursing up a storm.

(not real advice. I think.)