Job-Hopping Lands Skilled Worker Without a Visa

A skilled foreign worker who kept changing jobs is likely going to have to leave the country because he can’t extend his temporary visa.

A federal judge in Washington called Sandeep Sitaram’s situation “unfortunate, but not unlawful” after rubber stamping the government’s rejection of his H-1B visa extension. Sitaram maxed out the six years he was allowed, and none of the exceptions apply, the court said June 22.

Sitaram could have extended his H-1B visa if the government had approved a green card petition filed on his behalf and he was waiting for a visa to become available, Judge Trevor ...