The cascade of events began in October 2024. While sightseeing in Osaka, Yang received word from a colleague that her corporate access had been revoked. Stranded without a job or a valid visa path, she navigated the bureaucracy of immigration lawyers while attempting to maintain the facade of a vacation. Even after securing a temporary B-2 tourist visa, the search for new employment proved fruitless. Yang points to a shifting economic climate and employer hesitation regarding foreign workers as major roadblocks that rendered her hunt for a new H-1B sponsor impossible.
Returning to Taiwan to apply for a student visa ultimately led to a rejection based on suspected immigration intent. Faced with the reality of an indefinite exile, Yang chose to stop fighting the system. She currently resides in Yilan, Taiwan, where she balances freelance content creation and English teaching while managing the mortgage on her vacant Brooklyn apartment. Though she now sleeps on a portable bed in her family home, Yang describes the departure from the constant anxiety of US visa compliance as a relief. Her partner is expected to relocate their two cats, Dexter and Deborah, to Taiwan this October, marking the final chapter of her American life.
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