Silicon Valley Takes a Right Turn

Re:Silicon Valley Takes a Right Turn by pm90 on Sunday January 15, 2017 @03:36PM (#13406245)

Thank you for sharing this. I don't assume you're a lawyer or anything, but does this mean that after leaving a job on an H1B visa, a worker has 60 days to potentially find another job?

It is rather disappointing that more action has not been taken to remedy this increasingly byzantine process. Its rather frustrating to jump through all the hoops and then be told to wait for 10+ years for the legal right to work after having contributed thousands of dollars in taxes, social security etc.

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Re:Silicon Valley Takes a Right Turn by mavelikara on Sunday January 15, 2017 @04:26PM (#13406485)

> does this mean that after leaving a job on an H1B visa, a worker has 60 days to potentially find another job?

Yes. The content of the actual rule can be found at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-11-18/pdf/2016-27540.p.... It says:

    Nonimmigrants in certain high-skilled, nonimmigrant classifications may 
    be granted grace periods of up to 10 days before and after their validity 
    period, and a grace period upon cessation of employment on which the 
    foreign national’s classification was based, for up to 60 days or until the 
    end of their authorized validity period, whichever is shorter, during each 
    authorized validity period.

PS: IANAL etc.

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