Elon Musk was illegal migrant in US in 1990s

WASHINGTON: South African-born billionaire businessman Elon Musk worked illegally in the United States during a brief period in the 1990s while building a startup company, The Washington Post reported on Saturday.

Musk denied the report on Sunday, saying he was allowed to legally work in the US during that period. “I was on a J-1 visa that transitioned to an H1-B,” he said on his social media platform X. The J-1 Exchange Visitor visa lets foreign students get academic training in US, while the H1-B visa is for temporary employment.