Amid the massive ongoing layoffs in the tech sector, a group of lawmakers from Silicon Valley has written to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) enquiring about the federal agency’s efforts to ensure highly-skilled H-1B visa holders can remain in the country after losing their jobs.
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USCIS provides guidance for laid off H-1B workers in response to FIIDS
“When nonimmigrant workers are laid off, most individuals facing job loss already have several options in order to remain in the United States while continuing their job search past 60 days,” said the USCIS Director Ur M. Jaddou in a written response to a letter sent by the Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies USA (FIIDS) on Feb 27.
FIIDS urges USCIS to extend the H1B grace period to 180 days
Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS) has urged the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to “urgently consider extending the H1B grace period to 180 days”.
Indian tech immigrants protest in San Jose, CBS News reports
Around 30 Indian-origin tech immigrants marched in San Jose on Sunday, demanding immigration reform that will allow them to stay back in the United States after many years of waiting for the elusive ‘Green Card’. The report was aired by CBS News.
Reps. Eshoo and Lofgren reintroduce H4 work authorization protection bill in House
indica News Bureau- Representatives Anna G Eshoo and Zoe Lofgren from California on Wednesday introduced legislation in US House of Representatives to protect work authorization of H-4 visa workers. The reintroduction of H-4 Employment Protection Act a few days after Department of Homeland Security said it would publish this month the long-promised regulation that […]