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cma on Aug 10, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: I will help your startup in exchange for f...

Many hostels overseas offer this arrangement and it is totally legal through some kind of room-and-board exception, but I'm not sure about the US.

jacalata on Aug 10, 2015 [–]

I'm pretty sure its illegal (everyone I know who has done it had a work visa) but frequently ignored.

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