Can I have side-income via blogging ad revenue, youtube ad revenue/etc, so long as it's only earning Australian dollars into an Australian bank account?
I know I'm not allowed to have any other income, but I assumed that was only for the US.
Thanks in advance!
Other reason 1: You can transfer to another job easier while remaining in the US (if they do an H1-transfer). Doing so with the E3 is a huge grey-area with various blogs saying different things.
Other reason 2: If I get fired I have a few days to pack my life and leave the country. With a H1B I recall the period being longer to find another job.
It's a more annoying path (there was a ~6 month period in which I couldn't leave the US) and riskier (more ways to end up rejected). That said the H1B route would have taken significantly longer even if I won the lottery.