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Ending the 60-day grace period after a job ends

Homeland Security rule: Eliminating the Discretionary 60-Day Grace Period (RIN 1615-AD22)

  1. Draft

  2. Comments

  3. Revising

  4. In effect

Comments open until Nov 1011 days left

26,854 comments so far

72% oppose26% support2% neither

What would change

Homeland Security proposes removing the up to 60 days that H-1B, L-1, O-1, TN and E-3 workers and their families can stay after a job ends to find new work, change status or leave.

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Comment on regulations.gov ↗Read the proposal ↗

Timeline

  1. Sep 11, 2026

    Proposal published for public comment

  2. Nov 10, 2026

    Public comments close

Those opposed say

  • People laid off without warning need time to find a new job
  • Families with kids in school would have to leave almost at once
  • Employers lose skilled people they could hire right away

Those in favor say

  • The program ran without a grace period until 2017
  • It lets people stay without a job and invites fraud
  • Jobs should go to US workers first

A sample of 100 comments read by AI on Oct 29, not a poll.

From the Federal Register, regulations.gov and the White House's list of rules under review, checked daily. Summaries are ours and leave out detail, so read the official text before acting on it. We don't take sides on any of these.

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