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It was nighttime in Singapore when the ruling was announced. My husband and I scrambled to find a flight back. The best we could find, at any price, lands 25min
by HippoBaro 1y ago
It was nighttime in Singapore when the ruling was announced. My husband and I scrambled to find a flight back. The best we could find, at any price, lands 25mins after the deadline.
We are on our way there.
- farseer 1y agoCheck for charter jets, you may be able to jet pool.
- panosfilianos 1y agoBest of luck! Keep us posted.
- 1oooqooq 1y agoi understand playing safe with this administration, but why? h1b requires that one company signed as responsible sponsor on form i129. they are the ones on the line for the payment.
- esalman 1y agoLet me guess, you're not an immigrant?
- 1oooqooq 1y agolived 5yr on L1A. It's a week to leave the country if laid off. But at the same time, most of the penalties/costs fall on the sponsoring company for all cases. ICE black shirts make it more uncertain on enforcement, but there's still laws.
- esalman 1y agoI don't know about this. As a brown student on F1 visa, I even used to walk into Walmart different than I do now.
- Aurornis 1y agoVia what mechanism? Will they be ready to accept the payments a few hours from now? Ready to process the re-entry with procedures that aren’t even developed yet? Getting into the country before the deadline is the only safe way to avoid the uncertainty and ensure you don’t get stranded out of the country or in an airport for days or weeks while the process is developed. This hastily constructed and implemented executive order is a terrible way to run a country
- pseudalopex 1y ago> they are the ones on the line for the payment. And they decide if you keep your job.
- pimlottc 1y agoBecause when it comes to immigration, the downside to getting it wrong are life-altering.
- mothballed 1y agoThe expected value for immigrants is rapidly shifting into it being more favorable to be an illegal, because ICE/CBP is mostly going after low hanging fruit of easy to catch people that they know about with homes and salary jobs / university and a visa. People that are off paper and 100 miles past the border are as good as gone. So basically what we get is the exact opposite of what we want.
- thehappypm 1y agoFalse. ICE is about to have a ginormous work force They’ll snatch whoever
- mothballed 1y agoYour own premise destroys your argument. If they're grabbing 'whoever' it's at least as easy to grab immigrants with a paper record as those that don't.
- xtracto 1y agoI feel for you. I just wonder, at this point why would someone look to go back to the US "At any price", given how bad are they being treated? From what I can see, it seems most of us non-US people are "persona non grata" in the US. I myself am and live in a so called "shithole country ". But specially because of my Technical skills, I've got plenty of opportunities over here. I would never think on living in the USA. Even though I easily could via TN visa. But it's clear US people dont want me living there.
- mkoc 1y agoConsider they have a life, a house/appartment, all things they own,… there. Would you give all that up without at least trying to get back?
- pimlottc 1y agoAnd even if you decide it's time to leave, you'd still want to come back and settle your affairs and plan a proper move. You wouldn't want to leave everything behind, especially if you only brought enough for a brief trip.
- johnnyanmac 1y agoOver potentially my life? Yes, I would give up. For now. I can ask for my assets after the fascist regime is overthrown.
- dotnet00 1y agoThat's an increasing consideration for people thinking about moving to the US or those who aren't settled there yet. But, of course, people who already have family and belongings there will want to get back in to at least sort those things out before leaving for good.
- yibg 1y agoAll your things are there, your entire life. Maybe other family members, children's schools etc. Not easy to just never go home.
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- jacquesm 1y agoMuch good luck. Hope you sail trough without harm.
- Matthyze 1y agoThat's terrible. Best of luck to you both.
- vachina 1y agoWhat is your nationality if you don’t mind me asking?
- roncesvalles 1y ago>lands 25mins after the deadline I'd rather just have waited until an injunction or something next week. The guidance from my company is either make it back before the deadline, or stay where you are until further notice.
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- __MatrixMan__ 1y agoCompanies have rights in the US, you can't just keep their employees out.
- nomel 1y agoThat's not generally true, of course. It requires they're legally employed, and have the proper work visas. I was confused. I thought the company was doing something shady, for it to matter, since it doesn't apply to current visa holders.
- mulligan 1y agocompanies are contacting employees who are out of the US, for whatever reason
- zem 1y agothe whole US visa morass is complicated and volatile enough that a lot of large companies have dedicated teams who help advise their employees on visa issues and how to best navigate them. this "guidance" is basically saying "this is our lawyers' best guess as to how to stay safe over the next few weeks"
- nomel 1y ago
- Scoundreller 1y ago> The best we could find, at any price, lands 25mins after the deadline. Scheduled landing or historical landing time? Flightera.net will show you landing times for 2 years of flights
- yieldcrv 1y agoThe guidance has changed already. Existing holders don't need to do that
- skaln 1y ago[flagged]