What to do if you lose the H1B job due to layoffs

and I'm coming at you from Detroit

Michigan and today I'm going to talk to

you about what are your options if you

lose your H1B Visa job

so first thing I want to say if you have

already lost your job I'm very sorry to

hear that I have been through something

like that before and I know how you feel

and that is the reason I'm making this

video so I'm gonna get right into the

topic so you only have three to four

options if you lose your H1B Visa job

now here's the thing if you have found

that you're going to lose your job this

is what you should do there are certain

mistakes I did when I lost my job in

2018

um I was at a company I was not an H1B I

was on F1 but here's the thing there

were mistakes which I did which I could

have saved a lot of money or I could

have made a lot of money so number one

thing you should do if you're about to

lose a job and they are discussing

severance package or something like that

or they are discussing like you know

whatever like how many days you have and

stuff like that here's what I would do

number one question you can ask them hey

can I go part-time instead of full-time

can I work part-time on this job for

like you know certain amount of time

till I find another job if they are not

allowing that you should ask them uh

let's say they say we'll give you two

weeks of severance package you should

say double it whatever they ask you just

double it it's okay to ask you they're

not gonna say it's not an offer letter

they're not gonna resend it they have to

give you Severance people will sue them

if they don't give Severance packages so

here's the thing you have a lot of power

when it comes to severance package I

remember when I got laid off they gave

me two weeks of severance package two

weeks of pay but I had already worked

there for a year so in my opinion I

should have gotten two weeks more so

basically your severance package also

for every year you have worked you

should get two weeks so let's say your

Severance they give you two weeks or

four weeks of sevens they should also

add let's say you worked there for three

years so two times three is six so

that's about four plus six is about 10

weeks of pay you should be getting in my

opinion

you have to Advocate yourself for that

okay so these are a couple of things

let's say you have three weeks of PT or

left or four weeks of PTO every year ask

them hey can I take that PTO and you can

add that Severance as the income towards

that video

instead of just like cutting off my

immigration that day because you

understand as the day you like your job

ends your end like hey you are not

working there so technically your 60-day

grace period starts so your goal is to

maximize or spread out those 60 days as

much as possible so understand it's a

game of numbers

let's see your photos of PTO take that

take that's what I did guys they gave me

two weeks of severance and they gave me

one week of PTO I had one week of PTO so

the way I did that is like I I got fired

during some something sometime in March

I told them that hey this is the issue

this is what I want to do so I took

three weeks of PTO and my last date was

they they extended my last date by three

weeks and you can do this there are

understand if you don't talk to the

company and just think by yourself that

you have three weeks that's not right

you have to talk to the company you have

to change their exit date and that's how

it works work so don't just like go

ahead and doing by yourself also

anything here I say is not legal advice

guys talk to a lawyer before you do

anything in my opinion okay this is

random YouTuber right here I'm just

trying to help okay just trying to take

that pressure off you all right so what

are your options three options in my

opinion number one obviously find

another job I'll find another job you

have 60 days to find here is what I

would do let's say you lose your job on

Thursday Wednesday whatever day it is

take a day or two off take a day or two

off process it

go out eat your favorite food do

something good for yourself so that you

feel better okay because it's yes it

sucks getting laid off sucks but I'm

sure some of you also have that relief

that you don't have to go to work next

to three days or maybe you got that time

so look at this as if you have gotten

gift of time and this is the time for

you to go into something better and

bigger for yourself I'll be honest with

you I've never looked back the the

reason I the job I got laid laid off

from three months down the road I was

making ten thousand dollars more at a

new job I'm still working for the

company this is the best company I've

worked for in my entire life I wouldn't

be here guys if I was still working at

that company I wouldn't have changed up

I can I'm just that kind of person you

know I I and I have very I'm usually

very loyal to companies if I find a good

company I'll work there so guess what

it's a great opportunity for you to make

that change so look at it this way all

right number one thing you have to do is

application understand applications the

number of applications you see it are

like the seeds you plant the more seeds

you plant the bigger the crop you get

the more applications you send the

number of interviews you get are going

to be higher now here's the thing if you

apply for 10 jobs a day within let's say

30 days you're gonna have 300

applications

this is not the time to apply for 10

jobs a day guys this is the time to

apply for 30 40 50 jobs a day you have

to figure it out you have to there is

unfortunately you don't have time

because not only that

let's say you have to have let's say in

30 days if you do this 30 applications a

day you have 900 applications you're

gonna start listen you're gonna start

hearing things Folks by the fourth week

or fifth week you're not gonna hear

anything right away as a matter of fact

first two weeks you will not even if you

apply you're not gonna hear it takes

time for HR to see your resume it takes

time for them to process things there is

a lag between the work you do and the

results you see so if you do a bunch of

work initially you will see more results

in your second month if you don't do

 and you just start taking time to

process what's happening

it's going to be hard for your second

one you're going to wake up in your

second month and be like oh my God I

wish I did this so this is what my thing

is here's the rare thing take a day or

two to process this you don't have time

to process this for a month you don't

have time to cry you can cry in your

second month it's fine I know it's

easier said that done but trust me

go figure out a therapy talk to your

friends find one or two friends who you

can talk to about this

you need you need friends close to you

need people if you don't have anybody to

talk to reach out to me you have the

link in the bio I love to talk to you

okay so here's the thing

so 900 applications in your first month

that's the only way you're going to get

calls from people you listen here's the

thing another thing I'm gonna tell you

there may be layoffs in the tech

industry there may be layoffs in your

industry but there are other Industries

which are still hiring I'm in the Civil

industry I'm in the construction

industry I live in Michigan all the

layoffs I'm hearing are in California

New York and all those areas sounds up

I've not heard of anything in Michigan

as of now so there are still my company

as a matter of fact is still hiring for

computer science Majors still hiring

data analytics so apply to other states

go to a job which you have not thought

about go to a health field they may need

a computer science major if you're in

construction go to something else

understand you just have to change your

perspective about how you look for jobs

and that's something very very creative

important you have to become creative

all right so your applications all right

now

when people go through breakup I have

noticed they usually reach out to their

ex if you're going through a breakup

you're going through a job loss reach

out to your ex employees ex-employers

like if you're worked at three or four

different companies even if you had bad

relationships with them it's okay reach

out to them fine this is not the time to

save ego and stuff like that reach out

to them it's okay figure out six months

later what's gonna happen next thing

reach out to your professors

reach out to your professors professors

are like amazing they have a lot of

power people don't know that which are

your professors tell them your story you

got laid off you need help you need 60

days to figure out reach out to your

college ask them if they can do for

something for you

you just have to start emailing folks

you just have to pick up that phone pick

up that email write it down and send it

to someone reach out to your friends

reach out to your colleagues reach out

to people you who got laid off with you

ask them what they are doing trust me it

you have to leave your shame outside

right now you've lost a job you have 60

days to figure it out that's what you

need to do all right so that's something

else so these are the two things I would

do if you're like looking for a job all

right number seven two things let's say

you are like I don't know how I'm

gonna live in U.S second option you can

do is go back to school go back to

college in my opinion day one CPT

colleges are best option if you lose

your job on H1B you don't have anything

you need to get back to school you need

to figure out also you want permission

to work Devon CPT college is great

because let's say it takes you three

four five months to find a job get into

a d1cpd college there are a couple of

universities in us which are legal

legitimate ethical I have myself when I

lost my job uh when I didn't get my H1B

for three times I had to go to day one

CPT College it was legal ethical I got

my H1B stamped if you need help connect

with me there's Link in the bio or you

can just email it to me okay I'll help

you getting into day one CPT college and

myself went there and I got my H1B

stamped and approved all right so that's

second way because you can buy time you

get two years of CPT

um you can apply for a H1B again so

here's the thing you don't have to go

through a lot okay once you have action

B if you find another company during

that time and they are ready to sponsor

hmb you'll get it you just get it it's

just going to be approved you don't have

to go through the lottery again that's

the that's the positive thing about it

and you can there you can take one or

two your breaks on CPT even if your

company you don't you find a company who

is not willing to do like H1B that's

still fine because you still have H1B

it's okay I understand you still have

H1B

is just that your H1B is like not active

right now again

this is my knowledge I may be wrong talk

to a lawyer to understand if it's right

or not talk to a lawyer this is what I

heard this is what I've read over the

past years and my experience for people

okay so like I said number two option is

different CPT or go for a PhD if you're

on if you're like I'm done with work go

for a PhD you have somebody saved go for

a PhD okay that's something you can do

or a better degree if your bachelor's go

for Masters Masters go for PhD all right

number three thing all right so number

three things I.T consultancies there are

good consultancies like Boston

Consulting Group Deloitte and all these

big four you know if you're able to get

jobs into that great man but I think

even they are going to be tight right

now but then there are legal I.T

consultancies they are weird ones also

hire people they'll hire people and they

will they will do your H1B and all those

things and they will place you on

different projects so you may be

benching for a minute but they will

place you on different projects that

might be a good option to look into

now there are a lot of other you know ID

consultancies which do Shady things

they'll create fake experiences and

stuff like that and try to place people

with you know showing fake experiences

six years of experience for a one-year

experience job they do crazy things I'll

make another video on that but

understand the difference between a

legal and ethical and a weird ones so if

you see something weird going on you

don't want to be a part of it if you

make your judgment for yourself

understand make judgments for yourself

go through them talk to them there are a

bunch of them there are hundreds of them

you have to find them you have to figure

out how to find them go online look for

it find them talk to them see how you

feel when you talk to people if you feel

good then it's good for good to go if

you don't feel good you feel weird and

stuff like that hey you know be careful

of what you get into so that's the

number three option in my opinion okay

so number one is obviously find another

job 60 days but I give you tips how to

do it number two is David CPT go to

another University otherwise go for a

higher degree number three is obviously

it consultancies look into that that

might save you that might help you stay

in America number four is the last

option which I've heard recently is you

can convert your H1B onto a B2 visa and

that will give you enough time to figure

out your share stuff

um figure out your living and stuff like

that maybe money issue situations and

stuff like that and let's say during

that time even if you find a job you can

convert put it back to H1B but you need

to help take help from lawyer to do this

okay so if you notice in all all these

four options a lawyer is a consultant an

immigration attorney is a consistent

thing you can see reach out to them see

what your options are because they are

more experts than me guys I'm just here

trying to help you but I had great time

talking to you if you have any questions

there's a link in the bio

um you can connect with me on my email

it it's omkar helps gmail.com and I I

hope I hope everything goes fine with

you guys I hope everything let me leave

you with this thing

here's what my mentor told me when I

lost my job

he told me that there is one job

with your name written on it in Detroit

metro area

and your goal is to find it

and I believed it guys I believed it

like anything and for next 1690 days I

hammered it I remember when I lost my

job guys it was March 8th

I was sitting in an office on March

sorry May 19th I was sitting in an

office May 9th I had gotten an offer 60

days so I really believe that 60 days is

enough for you to find a job I really

truly believe in from the bottom of my

heart because I have done it so 60 days

I found an offer letter things went this

thing I was in the I was in the office

but had also gotten that 20 extra days

because of the severance ptos and stuff

like that but make sure you talk to them

okay but like I said there is your name

written on one job in your city and you

can find it your thing is to find that

job and I hope you find it you have 60

days the time starts now