India, Sept. 18 -- A Reddit user has shared a cautionary tale about the 60-day grace period on H-1B visas after a layoff, warning others not to miscalculate the rules. Writing under the title "60-day grace period mistakes after H-1B layoff - learn from this", the post has sparked debate online.

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The user explained, "I've been seeing a lot of confusion about the H-1B 60-day grace period after a layoff, so I thought I'd share something that happened to a friend of mine. He lost his job earlier this year and assumed the 60 days were kind of a 'soft deadline.' He stayed a bit longer while still job hunting, thinking it wouldn't matter as l...