H-1B: Bay Area spouses of visa holders thrown out of work by government delays
https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/02/25/h-1b-bay-area-spouses-of-visa-holders-thrown-out-of-work-by-government-delays/
Shaunaki Bharne came to this country eight years ago and worked her way into a promising career in the Bay Area as a buyer for a retail giant. For much of that time, she worried her right to work would be taken away by the administration of former President Donald Trump. That threat was recently lifted, but now she’s lost her job because of a Catch 22: She must submit fingerprints to renew her work permit, but the government’s fingerprinting services are backlogged.
“Every time I speak about it I literally end up crying,” she said. “I worked really hard to get that position.”