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USCIS announced it would scrap the 60-day grace period allowing H-1B workers to find new sponsors after job loss. The change could force immediate deportation of foreign workers and disrupt tech and other industries.
USCIS announced plans to scrap the 60-day grace period that currently allows H-1B workers to find new employment sponsors after losing a job. Under the current rule, workers have two months to locate another employer; the change would eliminate that window, forcing immediate departure.
This targets a specific population with precision: highly skilled workers on temporary visas who've lost job security but haven't lost their value as employees. The tech industry and other sectors rely heavily on this grace period to retain talent during transitions. Removing it doesn't just change hiring practices—it converts job loss into automatic deportation, which fundamentally alters the risk calculation for anyone on an H-1B visa and the employers weighing whether to hire them.
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