Re:Trump to temporarily suspend all immigration into the US
by hibachiru on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @01:00AM
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I'm okay, for now, still 2+ years on my work visa, but I have to say that my stress levels are already super high and this is not helping :( I'm in the middle of a green card process and I guess that's down the toilet for the foreseeable future as well. Oh well...
Re:Trump to temporarily suspend all immigration into the US
by ramrunner0xff on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @02:24AM
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same here. 6 years in the us. j1/h1 working on netsec research. i really want to quit and go back home to europe just to look at the sky or the walls a bit in order to relax. all this stress isn't worth it.
Re:Trump to temporarily suspend all immigration into the US
by cylinder on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @04:03AM
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Just FYI -- it's USCIS not State that handles extension filings within the country. And it's the I-94 that controls the time you can stay in the US, not the visa.
Re:Trump to temporarily suspend all immigration into the US
by theshadowmonkey on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @04:38PM
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And your I-94 is automatically extended with your visa extensions. Its your visa extension date that has the precedence.
I left the US in December 2019. Had I stayed, my non-immigrant visa would have expired in June 2020. In order to continue living in the US I would have had to apply for an extension to that visa or for an entirely new visa. Based on the reporting around this it seems possible that neither of those applications would have been approved and I would have been forced to leave the US in June 2020 at the latest.
If you know someone currently on a non-immigrant visa[0] you may want to reach out and make sure they're OK. I personally know a few people who set up their lives in the US with little consideration for what would happen if they lost their visas. I feel for them right now.
[0] That is: not a Green Card.