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US proposes to scrap H-1B 60-day grace period after job loss: How will it affect Indians?

The United States has proposed doing away with the discretionary 60-day grace period that currently gives certain foreign workers time to look for a new job after their employment ends. The proposal could have major implications for skilled foreign professionals, including thousands of Indian workers employed in the US on H-1B visas . Under the proposed rule, foreign nationals whose employment comes to an end could lose the additional time currently available to find another employer or make arrangements to leave the country. If the proposal is eventually implemented, workers whose visas remain valid but whose qualifying employment has ended may have to leave the US immediately unless they have another independent legal basis to stay.