Homeland Security proposed making US schools pay $70,000 for each international student entering the OPT work program, plus $30,000 per renewal. Colleges would be paying for one of their main recruiting draws, and Fortune reported that new foreign enrollment fell 17% last fall.
Perspective Coverage
6 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 23%
- Operator
- Operator 52%
- Investor
- Investor 25%
Reality
- Evidence74
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+10
- Incentives62
- Confidence70
Labor Department investigators have subpoenaed nine universities, Harvard and MIT among them, over J-1 visas held by foreign postdocs. The White House did not immediately source Vance's case, a 61% J-1 rate at the schools against a 38% national average.
Reality
- Evidence50
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+40
- Incentives60
- Confidence55
The charge is 20 to 50 times current levels and is being pushed through despite adverse rulings. What it reprices is not the paperwork but where companies put the work.
Perspective Coverage
4 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 21%
- Operator
- Operator 49%
- Investor
- Investor 30%
Reality
- Evidence72
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+25
- Incentives60
- Confidence68
A $100,000 H-1B fee was paid on 85 applications in five months
A March court filing shows DHS collected the fee on 85 applications in five months and took in about $28 million less than the year before, while all 25 tech companies IEEE Spectrum asked about their response stayed quiet.
Reality
- Evidence62
- Adoption40
- Hype gap+25
- Incentives55
- Confidence55
A $103,265 fee turns every H-1B hire into a capital approval
DHS has priced the visa at $103,265 a head, $3,265 above the fee a judge voided in June, and hinted at $100,000 for OPT. Hiring plans get reopened mid-cycle.
Reality
- Evidence42
- Adoption30
- Hype gap+22
- Incentives68
- Confidence44
Sponsorship Is Not Retention: What An Amazon H-1B Win Still Does Not Buy
A program manager cleared the H-1B lottery in March and called it a weight off his mind. He still will not buy a house or start a family, and he is still pricing Canada.
Reality
- Evidence33
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+14
- Incentives46
- Confidence37
The retention lever managers assumed they had: visa-dependent engineers are now leaving Big Tech first
Repeated layoffs have made brand-name employers look risky to workers whose jobs hold their immigration status. Two engineers told Business Insider they left Amazon and Oracle for firms they judged steadier.
Reality
- Evidence42
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+24
- Incentives41
- Confidence40