Question about working as an independent contractor as a student

[210far]

Hello, I'm a international student going to school in the US, currently at home, in Asia I finished my freshman year 2 years ago and took a leave of absence and stopped school to come back home and deal with some family issues. My F1 visa is currently expired so I don't even have a US visa. I am planning to go back to school, however, this fall (2022). I need to apply for my F1 visa soon.

I was wondering, with my current conditions(no f1 visa, remote work, currently in Asia), can I work as an overseas independent contractor for a startup, part time, remote, and get paid. Not and internship or a job.

I've been hearing it would be fine for me currently since I'm not a F1 student or on any visa.(or not..?) But if I get my F1 visa soon to return to school, would that change? Because I've been hearing that as an international student with an f1 visa, I can't work as an independent contractor.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[flyingron]

You can neither be self-employed on an OPT or do OPT other than with a valid F1 in the US. However, it seems that you aren't in the US anymore.
You can certainly work (subject to your home country's rules) for a US company either as an employee or a contractor from outside the US. I parked some of my Indian guys in commonwealth countries when we didn't get their H1B done before their OPT was up and let them work remotely.

[Jean_Rodriguez]

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