University gives librarian 10-day notice to leave U.S.

Tamsyn Mahoney-Steel, a former digital scholarship specialist at the Sheridan Libraries, returned to the United Kingdom on Sept. 4 after her temporary work visa expired. She had worked at the University for the past five years, and she intended to renew her visa this year. However, according to Mahoney-Steel, University officials failed to submit her application for renewal, fearing that it would be rejected under current immigration policy.

“They felt that my application for a specialist occupation visa, the H-1B, would no longer be accepted by the people who scrutinize these things,” she said. “While this went through fine three years ago and was accepted as a specialist occupation, they didn’t feel that it would be accepted now.”

“They’ve got an employee who’s been here for five years, who’s got a life here. That can’t just be picked up and moved in eight days,” she said. “It’s an impossible thing to do.”


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