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FC: INS says laid-off H1B visa holders don't have to exit the U.S.
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 08:48:56 -0800
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,42439,00.html New Life for Fired H-1B Workers by Swaroopa Iyengar 2:00 a.m. Mar. 16, 2001 PST The Immigration and Naturalization Service appears to be giving a break to foreign tech employees with H-1B visas who have been laid off. This is coming as a pleasant surprise to just about everybody it affects. Acknowledging the "turbulent time in the tech industry," an INS official said her agency will not force H-1B visa holders to leave the country if they haven't found new employment within 10 days of being terminated. "We are going to let things slide," agency spokeswoman Eyleen Schmidt said. In fact, that 10-day deadline may not even exist at all. Nowhere in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 -- and its amendments, which contain H-1B provisions -- is there any language that stipulates a timeframe in which a terminated employee must leave the country before the visa expires. Yet it has always been a common assumption among foreign tech workers that their stay in the United States would quickly end if they lost their jobs before their visa expired. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if it remains intact. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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