Legal Question in Immigration Law in California

Your options will depend directly on why your visa was revoked. If you were laid off, there is no grace period for an H-1B worker once the employment ends. The H-1B visa category requires you to be working to maintain lawful status. Once your employment ends, you're not maintaining status. But, you may have some options.

Although regulations do not provide a grace period for unemployment between H-1B employers, USCIS generally approves petitions to change from one employer to the next and considers you to have maintained status if the gap is 30 days or less.

Also, while you may not be in legal visa status, one week has still not triggered any unlawful presence bars.

Your new employer must comply with all the requirements necessary for an H1B worker.

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