F-1 OPT to extend to 60 months

DHS To Extend OPT To 60 Months, Says Employers, Universities, Students Demand It (natlawreview.com) 162

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @06:48PM from the stay-awhile-and-listen dept.

theodp writes: In August, Federal Judge Ellen Huvelle called BS on 'emergency' changes made by the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security in 2008 to Optional Practical Training (OPT) that extended the amount of time foreign STEM graduates of U.S. colleges could stay in the country and work ("to alleviate the crisis employers are facing due to the current H-1B visa shortage," as Bill Gates explained it in 2007). "The 17-month duration of the STEM extension appears to have been adopted directly from the unanimous suggestions by Microsoft and similar industry groups," said the Judge in her ruling, which threatened to invalidate STEM OPT extensions in February. But the DHS fired back Monday with a new proposed rule — Improving and Expanding Training Opportunities for F-1 Nonimmigrant Students With STEM Degrees and Cap-Gap Relief for All Eligible F-1 Students — that will extend STEM OPT to as much as 60 months (a standard 12-month OPT period, plus two 24-month extensions). Foreign students demand it, explained the DHS, as do public colleges and universities, who "particularly benefit from the payment of tuition by foreign students, especially in comparison to the tuition paid by in-state students." DHS estimates that the proposed rule will affect 634,464 foreign STEM students over the next 10 years.

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• 如果IT demand不大, 怎么解释? -英文关键字- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/21/2015 postreply 18:38:50

• "放心吧，IT不行了，美国还有那些行业还能撑下去？" :) -career- ♂ (3370 bytes) () 10/21/2015 postreply 18:41:10

• "the experience 'required' for entry-level will grow to 5 years" -career- ♂ (3256 bytes) () 10/21/2015 postreply 18:39:22

• 这是典型用完你的青春，把你踢出美国。政府不用负担你退休等社安金。 -老子说两句- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/21/2015 postreply 18:55:31

• "现在IT工作形势还是大好，而且越来越好。" :) -career- ♂ (2762 bytes) () 10/21/2015 postreply 19:02:24