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You can switch jobs on an H1-B, and if you get fired/laid off you currently get 180 days to find a new job (though that used to be 60 days previously).
by radq 3y ago
You can switch jobs on an H1-B, and if you get fired/laid off you currently get 180 days to find a new job (though that used to be 60 days previously).
- thumbsup-_- 3y agoit's still 60 days https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/options-for-nonimmigrant-workers-following-termination-of-employment https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/options-for-nonimmigra...
- radq 3y agoLooks like you're right, there was a recommendation to increase it but I don't see anything about it taking effect.
- bubblethink 3y agoThe recommendation was from some random group with no authority. It was hyped up by some random guy on twitter and eventually made its way to a bunch of places including here. There is no change. USCIS rulemaking process takes years, and they have not indicated that they are even entertaining it.
- throwawaylinux 3y agoDoesn't seem too unreasonable for people who have highly in-demand skills that are unable to be satisfied by the domestic workforce.
- idiotsecant 3y agoSometimes 'unable to be satisfied by the domestic workforce' actually means 'wouldn't it be nice if i could pay these expensive employees less?'
- throwawaylinux 3y agoAnd sometimes pointing out the obvious gets you slandered as a racist.