Can a person who is on H4 visa status be eligible for an unpaid internship/volunteer job?
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Can a person who is on H4 visa status be eligible for an unpaid internship/volunteer job?
The individual is awaiting their EAD.
Asked on October 21, 2016 under Immigration Law, California
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Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
It can only be done if the volunteering opportunity is really a volunteering position in other words something that one normally would do in a volunteering capacity and not as a job. If you are merely volunteering because you are not eligible to work, it would not work.
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