Can American students open their own websites to sell things with F 1 visas?

F 1 opening an online shop can make money, but you have to pay taxes when doing business. If the income reaches the specified amount without paying taxes, it is tax evasion.

Let's talk about paying taxes first. Once foreign students pay taxes in the United States, the tax bureau will have the tax records of foreign students, and the identity of foreign students may be investigated by the immigration bureau. Don't be greedy for small things and lose big things. Even if you didn't give any trouble to foreign students when you were a student, you may find it difficult for foreign students to apply for immigration, which may lead to the failure or delay of immigration, unless foreign students don't want to immigrate after graduation.

International students should first look at the rights and obligations of F 1. Don't talk about the trouble that the Immigration Bureau has in finding international students in the future. Anyone can report that foreign students have made illegal profits as students, because F 1 can't have any profitable activities unless it is a job allowed by the school. All off-campus money-making jobs must be audited by the school before CPT can be started. Once the Immigration Bureau investigates this fact, the result is that international students can read the relevant laws and regulations for themselves. It is light to cancel the I-20, but more importantly, if they evade taxes in the United States, they will lose their money and even go to jail.