The American Dream: A Work of Fiction?

The H1B visa process is a gruelling one, testing the limits of even the most patient and determined individuals. But for those who’ve faced the devastating blow of being laid off in the recent tech layoffs while on vacation or remote-work abroad, the journey to their dream destination in the US is wrought with even greater challenges.

Last week, one of the employees from Oracle, who goes by the name of ‘tyio67,’ on blind, an anonymous professional network, said that his friend got laid off when he was on vacation outside the US. “He’s on H1B and lawyers tell him that he cannot travel back.