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
The proposed per-petition fee runs 21 to 52 times what cap-subject petitions used to cost, and its exemptions steer hiring toward whoever is already in the US. Comment is the last stop before finalisation.
Reality
- Evidence60
- Adoption10
- Hype gap+40
- Incentives55
- Confidence55
A 60-day visa clock turned one Ohio State layoff into a move back to Peru
Luciana Pereyra had 31 days of notice and 60 days of grace, and most of the useful ones fell while the universities she was applying to were shut. Her employer set the termination date; federal law set the rest.
Reality
- Evidence36
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+8
- Incentives55
- Confidence52
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