Accused of being an illegal worker, what did billionaire Elon Musk say?

Billionaire Elon Musk on October 27 affirmed that he had valid documents to do business when he first arrived in the US, denying information that he started his business without a work visa.

“I actually have permission to work in the US. I have a J-1 visa that was converted to an H1-B visa. They have all my records so they would know,” Elon Musk wrote on social network X on October 27.

Earlier on October 26, US President Joe Biden sarcastically criticized Mr. Musk for criticizing illegal immigrants in the US, while Mr. Musk himself started a business in this country without a work visa.

“The fact that they are losing the election makes them desperate,” Mr. Musk said on X.

Billionaire Elon Musk attended a rally to support Donald Trump in New York state on October 27.

The J-1 visa allows foreign students to participate in study programs in the US, while the H1-B visa will allow US businesses to sponsor foreign workers to come to the US to work for a certain period of time.

The Washington Post published an article on October 26 citing letters, legal documents and multiple sources that allegedly helped Mr. Musk obtain a work visa in 1996, when he had previously done business in the US without a license.

Mr. Musk came to the United States with the intention of attending graduate school at Stanford University in 1995. He did not enroll in that program but instead started a venture-backed startup called Zip2.

Under federal immigration law in the United States, J-1 visas allow foreign students to work in limited circumstances, if the individual is in good academic standing and attends the entire course. Mr. Musk did not attend classes at Stanford, instead focusing on building the company, The Washington Post reported.

The newspaper quoted Adam Cohen, a lawyer specializing in work visas in the US, as saying that J-1 visa holders can do academic work, but only during or after completing the course. In addition, individuals who want to work must have good academic records and be approved in writing by the school.

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