Trump administration proposes ending 60-day grace period after job loss for H-1B, other visa holders

U.S.Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are preparing to propose a rule that would eliminate an existing grace period for visa holders who can't find a job, according to an unpublished document posted to the Federal Register.Under current immigration laws, holders of certain visas, particularly H-1B visas, which are non-immigration visas that allow employers to sponsor skilled workers with Bachelor's degrees or higher, get a 60-day grace period to find a new job if they lose the employment tied to their visa.The new rule proposal would eliminate that grace period, according to the document.FEDERAL JUDGE STRIKES DOWN TRUMP’S $100K H-1B VISA FEE, RULING IT AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL TAX"This proposal restores a direct relationship between an alien’s nonimmigrant status and the specific employment or activity that formed the basis of his or her admission or grant of status in the United States and reduces administrative burden," the document reads.People wait inside a U.S.

Citizenship and Immigration Services office.The Trump administration is preparing to propose a new rule rescinding the 60-day grace period allotted to non-immigrant visa holders with visas tied to employment if they no longer work at the place of employment tied to their visa.

(John Moore/Getty Images)A noncitizen would have to immediately leave the U.S.if no longer working for an employer linked to a visa status if the rule were to be implemented.US STATE DEPARTMENT HAS YANKED MORE THAN 175K VISAS UNDER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SO FAR"DHS believes that restoring the expectation that aliens depart the United States upon cessation of the employment or activity upon which the alien’s status was based, would better promote program integrity and be more consistent with statutory purpose," the rule proposal reads.The agency also claimed that eliminating the grace period would greatly reduce administrative burden "as the process of determining when the u...