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U.S. moves to end H-1B grace period, requiring immediate departure on job loss

9/11/2026

The Trump administration's effort to tighten controls on high-skilled immigration has reached a new stage.

Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Department of Homeland Security have posted an unpublished document to the Federal Register proposing to eliminate the 60-day grace period that H-1B and other visa holders currently receive to find new employment after losing a job.

employers to sponsor skilled foreign nationals holding at least a bachelor's degree for specialty occupations.

Under the proposal, a holder who loses that sponsoring employment would be required to leave the United States immediately.

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