Now appear for US job interviews with just a tourist visa!

Produced by: Aakansha Chaturvedi
Designed by: Mohsin

The USCIS announced that people with a tourist or business visa in the US can also apply for jobs in the country

Apply for US jobs with
a tourist visa

As per the USCIS announcement, immigrants with B-1 as well as B-2 can apply for jobs and interviews in the country

Which visa does this
apply to?

No, the USCIS clarified that the immigrants will have to change their visa status before starting at their job

But can you start working
on a travel visa?

This announcement will immediately benefit the thousands of immigrants on their H-1B visa, who have been laid off in the recent slew of layoffs at big tech companies.

Who will benefit from this?

Before the USCIS clarified that immigrants can apply for jobs on a tourist visa, the latter had limited options

What options did the
laid off immigrant
workers have ?

The USCIS announced that the immigrant could apply for a change of nonimmigrant status

Other options: Change
of status

As per the USCIS, the laid off immigrant workers can also apply for adjustment of status to continue their stay in the US after completion of their H-1B grace period

Other options:
Adjustment of status

Another option discussed by the USCIS includes applying for 'compelling circumstances' employment authorization document

Other options: Compelling
circumstances

The final option laid out by the USCIS is a non-frivolous petition to change employer

Other options: 
Non-frivolous petition