Employees issued with non-immigrant visas like H-1B and L-1 are typically the first to be laid off by U.S. companies during economic downturns. Because their visas depend on a single employer, they often face challenges to retain their visa status. Houston-area immigration attorney, Annie Banerjee, decries the inequity of it all.<\/p>\n
Losing a job is never easy. Few people enjoy being laid off or fired. During this shallow Depression that the U.S. has been mired in since the fall of 2007, millions of U.S. citizens have lost their jobs, or are referred to as \u201cunderemployed.\u201d Employees living in the United States who are here on non-immigrant visas like H-1B and L-1 face a peculiar and daunting situation. If they are laid off or lose their job, they not only lose their job, they lose their sponsor. Once they are unemployed, they are forced to obtain a new employer to sponsor them in (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Employees issued with non-immigrant visas like H-1B and L-1 are typically the first to be laid off by U.S. companies during economic downturns. Because their visas depend on a single employer, they often face challenges to retain their visa status.…<\/span><\/p>\n