my boyfriend got laid off and may lose his work visa .

[Anonymous]

My boyfriend of 10 months recently got laid off.
This is very complicated due to the fact that he's on an H1 visa and it will expire in September. He's been working for the same company for 6 years. He's already applied for his green card ,but apparently needs his company needs to sponsor him for 3 more years. They had agreed to do that but now everything changes since he's being laid off. He doesn't have a lot of time to figure this out as it takes many months to get this sort of thing approved .

There's little I can do about it, aside from helping him edit his resume and baking him brownies. I can't predict what the future holds, but I am trying to think positively.

I'm so sad about this: (

[Anonymous]

I'm sorry this is happening to your boyfriend. Unless you were already considering it, please don't up and marry him just to get him to stay though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry this is happening to your boyfriend. Unless you were already considering it, please don't up and marry him just to get him to stay though.

+1
I don't know what field he works in, but maybe contact a headhunter who specializes in placing people with visas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry this is happening to your boyfriend. Unless you were already considering it, please don't up and marry him just to get him to stay though.

+1
I don't know what field he works in, but maybe contact a headhunter who specializes in placing people with visas.

He works in IT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry this is happening to your boyfriend. Unless you were already considering it, please don't up and marry him just to get him to stay though.

I am definitely not thinking about marriage right now as I'm young and I'm still in school . I'm 22 and boyfriend is 31. This is the first boyfriend I've really loved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry this is happening to your boyfriend. Unless you were already considering it, please don't up and marry him just to get him to stay though.

+1
I don't know what field he works in, but maybe contact a headhunter who specializes in placing people with visas.

He works in IT.

Wonderful. He should be aggressive in contacting some employment agencies to find out which companies have visa slots.

[Anonymous]

My husband was laid off during his green card application process and his company continued to sponsor him. He had a L1/L2 visa.

[Anonymous]

I'm sorry but coming here on a work visa was never a guarantee of permanent permission to live here.
I don't understand the people to choose to come here on a visa and then make such a fuss about having to leave when they are laid off. Yeah - being laid off sucks but he should have clearly known and weighed the consequences before he chose to move her.

[Anonymous]

Where is he from?

Do not marry him so he can stay in the country. A friend of mine did this at 23 and she wound up being stuck in an unhappy marriage for fifteen years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where is he from?

Do not marry him so he can stay in the country. A friend of mine did this at 23 and she wound up being stuck in an unhappy marriage for fifteen years.

OP here: I am not getting married anytime soon as I am only 22. My relationship does shows all the signs of a healthy relationship–communication, we like spending time with the each other, interaction with our family and friends, and so on. We have also been living together for a few months now. Visas are complicated and an overall headache. My boyfriend will have to consult with an attorney to get this all sorted out. It just sounds like he's in danger of losing his H1 visa and it will be almost impossible to get it reapproved by Sept unless he finds a job within his company. It's not about for advice about marriage- it's more about finding a way that he can stay in the US.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry but coming here on a work visa was never a guarantee of permanent permission to live here.
I don't understand the people to choose to come here on a visa and then make such a fuss about having to leave when they are laid off. Yeah - being laid off sucks but he should have clearly known and weighed the consequences before he chose to move her.

She's making a fuss because it's her boyfriend and she loves him. I'm sure OP appreciates your helpfulness though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry but coming here on a work visa was never a guarantee of permanent permission to live here.
I don't understand the people to choose to come here on a visa and then make such a fuss about having to leave when they are laid off. Yeah - being laid off sucks but he should have clearly known and weighed the consequences before he chose to move her.

you're disgusting

[Anonymous]

I'm suspicious of a 31 yr old here on a work permit dating a 22 yr old. That's a huge age difference. Red flag.

[Anonymous]

The best you can do is help him get as many applications out there as he can and hope for the best. If it's meant to be it will be. If it doesn't work out than you know the saying, better to have loved and lost than never loved at all.

Give it time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm suspicious of a 31 yr old here on a work permit dating a 22 yr old. That's a huge age difference. Red flag.

Ditto. OP, would you marry him if herasked?