Can H1B visa holders own a sole proprietorship while working full time for another employer

[osr2010]

Can H1B visa holders own a sole proprietorship while working full time for another employer?

[wiweq]

May be this doesn't answer you question but an H1b employee cannot earn any active money from other than his/ her employer who filed H1b for him/ her. Active money means earned by some kind of active work.

[JoeF]

On H1, you can only be a passive investor. That means putting money into a business and otherwise staying out of it. That doesn't work with a sole proprietorship.