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asm128

(238 posts)

11. He was on a student visa

Reply to Celerity (Reply #6)

Wed Dec 11, 2024, 06:01 PM

Dec 11

And was still here on a student visa when he didn't attend graduate school and worked instead, which was a violation of a J1 visa.

(Elon) Musk arrived in Palo Alto in 1995 for a graduate degree program at Stanford University but never enrolled in courses, working instead on his startup,” according to the Washington Post. That means Musk committed at least two immigration violations. First, by failing to take courses, he violated his student status. Second, he did not have authorization to work legally in the United States.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2024/10/27/what-elon-musk-working-illegally-says-about-the-immigration-system/