Salam,
Mudah-mudahan artikel dibawah bermanfaat untuk teman-teman yang bekerja di
US menggunakan visa H-1 dan kemudian terkena PHK (pemutusan hubungan kerja):
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,42439,00.html
Pada intinya artikel tersebut menjelaskan bahwa pemegang H-1 yang terkena
PHK dan tidak mendapat kerja baru dalam waktu 10 hari ... maka tidak perlu
meninggalkan U.S.
Penggalan berita saya sertakan di bawah.
Jabat erat,
Ahmad Syamil
Jonesboro, AR
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Acknowledging the "turbulent time in the tech industry," an INS official
said her agency will not force H-1B visa holders to leave the country if
they haven't found new employment within 10 days of being terminated.
"We are going to let things slide," agency spokeswoman Eyleen Schmidt said.
In fact, that 10-day deadline may not even exist at all. Nowhere in the
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 -- and its amendments, which contain
H-1B provisions -- is there any language that stipulates a timeframe in
which a terminated employee must leave the country before the visa expires.
Yet it has always been a common assumption among foreign tech workers that
their stay in the United States would quickly end if they lost their jobs
before their visa expired.
