Indeed. There are ways to get USCIS to grant you a few days, but again, nothing is certain. Living as a legal immigrant isn&#x27;t as stressful as being an illegal one - but it&#x27;s not too far off.<p>My job is fairly secure, but who knows, right? I have a range of worst-case-scenario strategies, including how to quickly sell everything I have and move to Canada (which is far more welcoming of highly skilled people - I qualify).<p>I wish I didn&#x27;t have to think of all this though. I shouldn&#x27;t have to. I do everything according to the letter of the law, work hard, pay my taxes. None of that matters. Lose my job - and bye-bye life in the US.<p>I know people who don&#x27;t make as much as I do and aren&#x27;t getting job offers. They are even worse off and often complain of feeling like slaves to their employers. My company doesn&#x27;t treat me any different to a US citizen - but smaller companies routinely abuse their H1 workers, because they know they have them over a barrel.