[techsupporter]

At the risk of seeming unduly negative, I'd like to take a swing at this last question of yours:

> is the email address info at stripe dot com the best email to reach out for further questions such as these?

I do not work for Stripe, never have, but I can state with near-certainty that the answer to this question is "absolutely not."

Stripe are not going to give you advice on how to violate U.S. immigration law and not get caught. If you are living in the U.S. on a visa that does not allow employment beyond the terms of your visa, you are asking Stripe to give you advice on how to break the law and there's zero chance that any business--especially one so deep into financial services like Stripe are--will be OK with doing that.

If you have to ask questions with a caveat like this:

> there can't be anything (that's discoverable by the Dept of Homeland Security) tying me to the U.S. company.

then you are playing with fire, particularly under this administration, running the risk of being deported and receiving a 10-year ban on reentry at all (to say nothing of destroying your chances at ever getting a work permit again) and I strongly suggest you reconsider what it is you are considering doing.