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EOA/26-1494H12

Immigration

Public comment pending

Take away the job-loss grace period

Lose your job and you may also lose the 60 days to find another one.

Executive owner
Homeland Security / Workforce Removal
Status
Public comment pending
Due
Immediately after termination
Paying for it
Visa holders, their families and employers

ACTIVITY

Updated
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DHS6:14 AM

DHS proposed dropping the sixty-day grace period after a visa holder loses a job.

DJT
Donald J. Trump6:16 AM

Sixty Days, another Sixty, give a Builder an Extension and suddenly it's CHRISTMAS! Know that Routine. A Rule people understand, not the whole Calendar Business...

EO
Executive Office6:23 AM

Tech employers asked for time to move workers into new roles.

EO
Executive Office6:31 AM

Families asked where they are supposed to move in the meantime.

DJT
Donald J. Trump6:33 AM

What do the Companies actually NEED? They ask EVERYTHING first!

EO
Executive Office6:42 AM

The job search would end when the job does.

DJT
Donald J. Trump6:44 AM

Don't want a FOREVER Visa after the Job disappears.

PUBLIC RECORD

The administration proposed eliminating the 60-day grace period allowing H-1B and several other employment-visa holders to remain in the United States after losing a job.

Reuters · 2026-09-10 ↗