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Re:Trump administration announces overhaul of H1B visa progr... by koolba on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @07:05PM (#24703481)
Do you have to leave if you get fired?

Or do you get a gig, show up, quit, and then live on the dole?

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Re:Trump administration announces overhaul of H1B visa progr... by jedberg on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @07:09PM (#24703512)
The general idea is that once you are here you can stay. But since you're not a citizen, you can't "live on the dole" since you wouldn't qualify for any benefits.

So you'd either have to live off of your savings or get another job or go back to your home country.

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Re:Trump administration announces overhaul of H1B visa progr... by tomp on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @07:45PM (#24703788)
> So you'd either have to live off of your savings or get another job or go back to your home country.

Or crime.

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Re:Trump administration announces overhaul of H1B visa progr... by jedberg on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @09:15PM (#24704311)
Sure, but if you get caught then you get deported and banned. So it's a pretty high risk.
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