Unauthorized income for H1B workers?

bhabishya_k


Yesterday, I was reading some article on web which made me concerned. What exactly is unauthorized income for H1B workers in USA. Is self-employment or making money on internet unauthorized income?

Are these considered as unauthorized income:

1)Lotto winnings
2)Sweepstakes winnings
3)Poker winnings
4)Stock/Commodity Investment Profits
5)Google Adsense Income
6)Affiliate Marketing Income
7)eBay Auction Income
8)Freelance Programmer Income

I don’t want to hamper my Green Card processing in any way. Is it true that I can’t file any 1099-MISC or W-2G form in my tax return. Even gambling win requires me to file one of those.

I didn’t have any income from any of these till now but came very close to claiming a Sweepstakes win. I was planning to invest in Silver. But I don’t want to create any problem so if its not allowed I will stay away from it and anything like that.

Thanks