Who (Not What) Is An H-1B Employer During 60-Day Grace Period? Create Your United States Employer!

Legal Information Only (Not Legal Advice): This article is not intended to provide legal advice or suggest a guaranteed outcome for any foreign national affected by a cessation of employment due to a mass lay off or resignation.

The following excerpts from news articles lead to “doomsday” fear and hinder creativity and ability to think deeply:

Hundreds of Twitter employees on H-1B visas fear being deported if Elon Musk fires them

Workers on temporary visas often have 60 to 90 days to find a new gig so they can avoid being deported.

An unemployed H-1B visa holder has to find a new employer, or “sponsor,” within 60 days, or leave the country.

Because the H-1B visa is tied to one’s employer, laid-off H-1B holders have 60 days to find a new job — or leave the country.

But US law requires workers holding some visas to find new employers or leave the country within 60 days if they lose their jobs.

People who lose their job on an H-1B visa have 60 days to lock down a new job or they have to leave the country.

But for H-1B holders, they live with a reality that hardly anyone else is aware of: If they lose their job, they have 60 days to land another one or they have to leave.