DAWN.COM Logo E-Paper | October 29, 2024 Home Latest Gaza siege Pinktober Search Elon Musk was an illegal immigrant to the United States in the 1990s Reuters Published October 28, 2024 Updated approximately 16 hours ago 0 Join our Whatsapp channel WASHINGTON: The Washington Post reported on Saturday that Elon Musk, a billionaire businessman who was born in South Africa, worked illegally in the United States for a brief time in the 1990s while building a startup company. On Sunday, Musk denied the report, claiming that he was permitted to legally work in the United States during that time. On his social media platform X, he stated, "I was on a J-1 visa that transitioned to an H1-B." While the H1-B visa is for temporary employment, the J-1 Exchange Visitor visa allows foreign students to receive academic training in the United States. According to the media outlet, Musk arrived in Palo Alto, California, in 1995, with the intention of enrolling at Stanford University for his ...
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