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How to ask with this skill installed
Installing the skill gives your AI a method. Your request still has to provide the case-specific facts, constraints and expected output.
1Name the real task
Describe the decision or deliverable, not just the topic.
2Provide the evidence
Add source material, audience, limits and known facts.
3Define done
Set format, quality criteria and checks.
Source example
Replace the brackets with your case
When to use it
- Onboarding a new international employee — what's their visa status and what are the key dates?
- Tracking H-1B expiration dates for the entire workforce
- Managing OPT and STEM OPT employees approaching employment authorization expiration
- Reviewing the immigration status of a departing employee (for exit procedures)
- Planning a green card sponsorship timeline for an employee
- Tracking green card holders' 6-month abroad rule and re-entry permit needs
- Managing visa renewals and extensions before they expire
Mistakes to avoid
- Tracking the visa expiration date instead of the I-94 expiration date — these can be different; the I-94 is the authoritative record of how long a person is authorized to stay in the US; the visa stamp in the passport only determines whether they can ENTER the US; a person can have a valid visa but an expired I-94 and be out of status
- Forgetting the 60-day grace period for H-1B/L-1 employees who are terminated — when employment ends, the employee has 60 days or the end of their validity period (whichever is shorter) to either leave, change status, or file a new petition; this is not a vacation period and cannot be extended
- Not tracking the maximum stay limits for L-1 and O-1 employees — these cannot be extended beyond the statutory maximum regardless of employer preference; a manager who doesn't know their L-1 employee is in year 6 of 7 will be very surprised when the extension is denied
- Telling an LPR they can "just travel" without understanding the 6-month rule — a green card holder who spends 9 months abroad and returns will be questioned by CBP at the border; some are admitted; some are not; re-entry permits should be applied for before departure for absences > 6 months