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1. They've to pay for your 'home' flight
2. You've 60 days to find a new job without any repercussions on your immigration status
3. Keep your head high; plenty of us have gone through the immigration nonsense to finally be resilient to the challenges
@OP - Similar thing happened to me at Deloitte last year. No notice and they just terminated me when I came back from vacation. Totally unexpected and I had not even finished year end review etc. Think business was just dipping in our group.
Anyways I was on a H1B, was looking earlier but ramped by networking very aggressively. Got 3 job offers. The companies usually apply consular visa for which you might get RFE as well. You will have to go out and comeback in (I did it in Mexico).
There is also no said rule about the 60 days. It is a myth cooked up on websites and forums. You can technically and legally stay till date of expiration of your visa, but lawyers usually don't recommend it. This is a very grey area. EY has to give you access to an attorney and a flight ticket back home. Speak to lawyer and strategize best steps. Have all your questions consolidated!
Don't worry too much and trust things will workout. Sometimes these guys are assholes in they way they deal with the employment of people on visas , but we just got to deal with it I guess.
Good luck and please ping if you have any questions!
BA1 ...totally aware of that...just wish my immigration situation was given a bit of thought instead of 'here's the door, bye bye'
Understood SM 1...thanks!
Which practice are you in?
OP. I feel bad for you as well. Were you on PIP? I didn't know you can get fired for performance related issues without first going through pip
Sorry to hear. But, pick yourself up and move on. Btw; what do you mean "told to leave immediately"? Does EY not provide a transition support?
Severance money has nothing to do with immigration status. Different firms treat severance differently. Still surprised someone was told to leave immediately - unless there's a breach of contract/policy/serious workplace issue; normally one would expect a transition period.
ATK1... standard support...
1. Flight ticket...that I can afford anyway.
2. 1 hour legal support...EY law isn't that helpful from what my colleagues have told me, I'll be looking at other lawyers.
3. Standard transition support to help in my time of 'uncertainty'
And 4 weeks severance.
What was your rating for year end?
You can find decent attorneys who will do an initial one-hour session for $200, just to offer advice. Try to find someone in your area who is empathetic to immigrants.
He's a link to definitive guidance. Based on my read, you have two 10 day grace periods. All is not lost. But yeah, get your as to a good immigration lawyers office.
https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/uscis-publishes-final-rule-certain-employment-based-immigrant-and-nonimmigrant-visa-programs
"Establish a grace period of up to 60 consecutive days during each authorized validity period for certain high-skilled nonimmigrant workers when their employment ends before the end of their authorized validity period, so they may more readily pursue new employment and an extension of their nonimmigrant status" looks like this may apply too. Lawyer should know either way.
This is better and more relevant to your situation
An alien admitted or otherwise provided status in E-1, E-2, E-3, H-1B, H-1B1, L-1, O-1 or TN classification and his or her dependents shall not be considered to have failed to maintain nonimmigrant status solely on the basis of a cessation of the employment on which the alien's classification was based, for up to 60 consecutive days or until the end of the authorized validity period, whichever is shorter, once during each authorized validity period. DHS may eliminate or shorten this 60-day period as a matter of discretion. Unless otherwise authorized under 8 CFR 274a.12, the alien may not work during such a period
OP, I had a friend who was let go and got another job 3 months later. He was in the US all that while. In short you don't have 2 days.
Remember OP is on am L-1. Different times than HB-1.
Pwc 7 I'm in the mid west...but can move to wherever...can email me at burner1285@gmail.com ....Thanks much!!!
Above message for D8...
OP: did you transfer from EY India to EY US? If not I don't know why you got L1 visa instead of H1B..and how long have you been in US?
Kpmg 4...yes I was with EY India for a year before I moved to the US on L1 couple years ago
Best of luck man