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Coronavirus Impact: 200,000 H-1B visa holder on verge of losing legal status in next two months

Reducing wages and allowing work from home also violates the terms and conditions of the H-1B.

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Coronavirus Impact: 200,000 H-1B visa holder on verge of losing legal status in next two months

The sudden economic slowdown because of the global novel coronavirus pandemic has left thousands of H-1B visa holders with no choice. H-1B is a temporary visa program for people with specialized skills. H-1B visa holders in the United States have just 60 days to retain their status without being paid. This means if an H-1B holder is on unpaid leave or terminated will have two months to transfer to another visa or leave the country. Reducing wages and allowing work from home also violates the terms and conditions of the H-1B.

These are the issues being faced by nearly 200,000 H-1B visa holders in the United States. Tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs in the last two months, but workers on visas are vulnerable in ways native-born workers aren’t. H-1B visas, for instance, are tied to a specific location and employer who commits to paying the recipient a minimum salary, reports Bloomberg Quint.

“H-1B workers often have families who also rely on their jobs for authorization to stay in the country, including children who may have spent their entire lives in the U.S. “It’s just a mess,” Doug Rand, co-founder of Boundless Immigration Inc., a company that helps people navigate the immigration system, was quoted as saying in the report.

India requests US to extend H1B, other visas of Indian nationals

Considering this situation, the Indian government has already requested the administration of President Donald Trump to extend the H-1B visas of Indian citizens till time COVID-19 pandemic was not over.

The request was made reportedly after some media reports suggested that the Trump government has been asking employers to terminate services, such visa holders. There are over 3 lakh Indians working in the United States on H-1B visas.

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