If finalised, the proposed regulation would eliminate the 60-day grace period accorded to certain principal non-immigrants and their dependants if the principal’s employment ceases before their period of stay expires. The 60-day grace period was introduced in 2017 to allow foreign workers and their dependants to stay in the US while searching for new employment after a job loss. Immigration consultants said that the Department of Homeland Security has the discretion to shorten or refuse the grace period, but has rarely done so. The US is considering scrapping the 60-day grace period for laid-off foreign workers, a Department of Homeland Security proposal currently under White House review. If the 60-day grace period is eliminated, foreign nationals whose employment ceases prematurely and their dependants would generally be required to depart the US immediately.