[prepend]

I think it basically means they can’t answer visa related questions so anything they can’t answer gets punted to this consult.

It’s a consideration that they’ll have lots of questions that would have been “I don’t know, go find an attorney.” So now it’s “we paid this attorney to answer you up to 30 minutes.”

Visa holders are extra hosed during layoffs, but there’s not really any way to avoid this as you can’t favor visa holders to not be laid off.

[notch656c]

The attorney may have even paid the company. Getting 1:1 contact with hundreds of recently highly-paid clients that need your services is likely worth not only doing free but paying the company laying off for the privilege. The 30 minutes is enough for the commercial, not the actual services.

[jejeyyy77]

US residency being tied to employment is still so funny/ridiculous to me, as a non-American. What a raw deal for the immigrants.

[prepend]

What country doesn’t do this?

Yes, it kind of is a raw deal for immigrants. But it’s one of many things that suck for immigrants (look at the fees immigration attorneys charge). The exchange is that they typically get a 2-5x multiplier in earnings from their home country and consider it worth the risk.

It’s kind of like med school and residency. It really sucks and is difficult and is a “raw deal” yet everyone puts up with it because of the payout.

[dataexporter]

Most countries don't. American immigration is a mess with unknown delays and archaic processing techniques. Just because the employees get a 2x multiplier in earnings doesn't mean the immigration pain is worth it.

In a land of immigrants - having such a poor immigration process for highly skilled employees will only mean that the best and the brightest talent will no longer be interested in moving to the US when they could get treated much more fairly in other countries. The result will be the workforce will be filled with mediocre and sub-par talent who are willing to go through the painful delays in the immigration process.

[prepend]

> Just because the employees get a 2x multiplier in earnings doesn't mean the immigration pain is worth it.

The evidence of millions of people putting up with it refutes your statement. I think the immigration record in the US shows that people literally think the pain is worth it.

[jejeyyy77]

I don't know of any other country that does.

[chimeracoder]

> US residency being tied to employment is still so funny/ridiculous to me, as a non-American. What a raw deal for the immigrants.

That is quite common, especially in the developed world. The US is a little stricter in the timelines and thresholds it applies, but not as much more as people seem to think.

Immigrants get a raw deal everywhere, especially immigrants from developing countries.

[qaq]

Not true for Canada and most of EU.

[chimeracoder]

> Not true for Canada and most of EU.

I don't know where you get this idea but that is absolutely not the case.

[prepend]

For specialized work visas it certainly is.

There are also visa in the US that have nothing to do with employment.