Have a visa B1/B2 and my permit to stay in the USA so, is it illegal to...?

Question

hello. I'm mexican and I have my visa B1/B2 that allows me to cross the border with USA "whenever" I want and my permit of 6 months to stay in US territory for 6 months and everybody knows I can't work in the states because I only have a tourist visa right? well, I work in Mexico (Tijuana) but live in the states so i was wondering is that's illegal in this country. I've been told that it's not because I'm not getting benefits from the goverment (such welfare, medical etc) and I'm not avoiding taxes at all since I dont work here. So I want to know if my situation is something illegal and if I'm doing something wrong. I live in the States because it's safer, it's better and there's a lot more things to see/do here than in Mexico. I work in MX because a) i cant work in the states because I dont have a green card & b) because I have no problem working in MX and I obviously can afford to stay in Ca. but sometimes at the border they ask me things such a: is this your car? for how long are

you going to stay? you cross the border a lot, don't you? (i cross 4 days a week) and I have nothing to hide because i can prove them I work in MX, that I own a house in MX and everything they need to know to make sure I don't want to take advantage of the US goverment. SO, by staying in the usa with my permit, am I still doing something illegal?

Answer 1

First of all, if you are working in Mexico, why do you live in the States? It is illegal to work here with a tourist visa unless you have fake documents which I know some people who cross the border does. Other than that I do not think that you are doing nothing illegal unless you are going to work here also and you have to show them a fake social security card, fake birth certificate, fake driver's license.

Answer 2

Yes, you are in violation of the B1/B2 visa terms if you are residing in the US. The visa allows a foreign national to travel to the United States port-of entry and request permission to enter the US temporarily for business (B-1) and for pleasure or medical treatment (B-2).

You say that you live in the US because "...it's safer, it's better and there's a lot more things to see/do...". A great deal of what you are talking about is funded by the state, local, and federal tax payers - police protection, street sanitation, public utilities, libraries, museums, etc. Although you are not deriving a specific monetary benefit, you are deriving intangible, quality of life infrastructure benefits which you are neither paying for nor entitled to. If you do not think you are doing anything illegal, then the next time you cross, be certain to give the inspector your US residential address.

At some point your border crossing history will catch up to you, you will be determined to be residing in the US illegally, and you will face the loss of the US benefits you currently enjoy.

Note: I see that in someone else's question you aswered that the best country you have ever been to is Mexico - I guess you just don't want to live there.

Answer 3

B1/B2 different get admission to visa in basic terms helps different short visits, holidays, as much as a entire of one hundred eighty days a year MAX between time visa is issued & expiration date! you may not proceed to be continuously in this sort of visa. Overstay that visa, and you're actually not getting any immigration visa or green card. What replaced into the date stamped on your I-ninety 4 sort once you entered. be certain you get out people previously that date! there is not any way you will get any "paintings enable" (no such factor!). apart from, vacationer visas limit any activities which point out motive to proceed to be, including pastime looking. in basic terms qualified employers can notice for non everlasting employment visas for their completely qualified workers. What field is your masters degree in, from what business enterprise, how nicely did you do at school, and what journey do you have previous the masters, what's your good element? You wait on your united states of america of citizenship for an employment visa if every physique is prepared & waiting to be conscious for a visa for you. Get out people on an identical time as your mum and dad' petition is pending!

Answer 4

no and yes