Nobody is going to say that to your face but we can see what’s going on.”Two of Tagade’s classmates from Columbia went back to India and Dubai. The new executive order on US visas signed by US President Donald Trump has left out F-1 visa or temporary work visa given to foreign students. We’ve reached the bottom, it can only get better from here”, is Singh’s outlook for the India-led academic market in the US.Plotting the dots together so far, a STEM course remains a better bet against political dystopia than at any other time in America. for further details. Source: William Thomas Cain/Getty Images/ AFP\A new revision by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is expected to dampen international students’ prospects of getting a job in the US after graduating.USCIS has reinterpreted the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) Optional Training (OPT) extension rule to require that these STEM graduates be placed inhouse at their employer’s worksite only, law firm Lewis Rice LLC wrote in This “significant change” applies to the 24-month extension of post-completion OPT international students in STEM courses are eligible for after graduating.“USCIS has now essentially prohibited off-site placement. Share your story with us. It is our understanding based on yesterday’s announcement that … Like Tagade says, "if you're not graduating from the top 10 or 20 institutions, things are much much worse. The latter is on the verge of collapse amid severe financial troubles.Anti-Immigration Center for Immigration Studies says scrap the OPT programThe Southern Poverty Law Center has referred to the Center for Immigration Studies as being an that Congress members had urged Trump to back the OPT program. Money in USA AUSTRALIA 189, 190 PR Telegram Request Grp link. The move was aimed at improving the employment opportunities for US citizens, as COVID-19 caused the unemployment rate to shoot up to over 40 million.The new order will impact H-1B, H-2, L-1, J-1 and H-2B visa categories. The scheme used to be relatively small and manageable, but has grown in popularity. These can be effectively converted to H-1B and then the Green Card.
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However, optional training programme, which foreign students avail after graduation was left untouched.Most Indian graduates in the US avail the OPT programme, which allows them to secure temporary employment in the US for up to three years after graduation.The US Citizenship and Immigration Services defines OPT as temporary employment that can be availed by foreign students (F-1 visa) before or after the completion of studies. "“Companies in America, especially the IT giants will lobby hard and not allow Trump and his government to take decisions that will hurt them. They also get a three year OPT while non-STEM majors get only one year of OPT. Nikhila Natarajan There are those like Swati who has a double Master’s degree in STEM subjects and yet stonewalled by the F1-H1B chasm. If I could have found work, it would had added to my understanding of real work public policy work on the international stage but job interviews were very tough to come by and I put a lid on the chase,” he says.Pradhan is now based in Chennai, working on the project team of a brand new liberal Arts University that's to come up in the city. During this time a friend found out that my four months at the ISSO were up and I faced the possibility of going back mid-OPT if none of those interviews led to something concrete. My husband is willing to move back to India because we don't see any point in living like this anymore....With a Masters degree in Engineering and another Masters almost done, I have been out of a paid job for five years now. The only hope for the US is the students in tech who study at the top 20 universities and contribute to the frontier," says Tagade.Tagade has a job and venting; others have not even gotten this far. I come from a very humble, middle class background from a small town. “They didn’t want to touch us. program offers international students who graduate from a US university, the opportunity to pursue additional development in a real working environment.