10-07-2010, 05:26 PM
I worked with someone who was free lancing, however when he was offered a full time position they learned he had let his green card expire. But due to his being a Chinese citizen who was a student in the U.S. during the Tiananmen Square protests, he was granted some sort of special status and got a new green card no problems. Well, the company paid their lawyers to handle the red tape but it was pretty straight forward.