When a Temporary Visa Is More Temporary than Thought

A British academic said she had to depart the U.S. quickly after her institution declined to submit paperwork to renew her temporary H-1B work visa on the grounds it likely wouldn’t be approved under standards used by the Trump administration.  Tamsyn Mahoney-Steel began a position as a digital scholarship specialist at Johns Hopkins University's (MD) libraries in 2015. Her three-year H-1B visa was to expire Aug. 31 and she said she submitted the paperwork necessary for the university to renew the visa on her behalf in June.