Work remotely for non US employer while traveling in US

[NehaR123456]

Hello all,

Difficult situation here. I work/consult remotely for a UK company with most of the clients based in UK and Europe except one. My company pays me via wire transfer in my US account (it was just more convinient)
i traveled in US for most of 2019 but never exceeded my 6 months stay.

Question:
1.Is this considered illegal?
2. I didn’t accept any money from US client or visited their site since my work is Online and my billing invoice is India address. can I still take phone calls for this client?
3. I am transferring to H1b now and need to know if I did anything wrong?

[Mike E]

1. Yes it is illegal. You also didn’t pay income taxes to the USA. That’s illegal too.

2. You can have business meetings, including phone calls.

3. yes you did.