Skilled foreign workers in the US could be required to leave the country the day after losing their job, under a rule the Trump administration put forward this month.
The Department of Homeland Security has proposed scrapping the 60-day grace period that lets H-1B holders and other temporary visa workers remain in the US and secure a new sponsor after their job ends. The proposal appeared in the Federal Register on 11 September 2026, under the title 'Eliminating the Discretionary 60-Day Grace Period.'
