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Posted on 10/10/2025 5:37:00 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Trump administration’s MAGA push is gaining traction before the next year’s mid-term elections in America. Two key developments regarding the H-1B visa system are already in place, making it difficult for US firms to hire foreign workers.
The introduction of a $100,000 H-1B petition fee for each foreign worker will make it more expensive for US companies, while the second proposal is to launch a wage-based selection process.
US companies are being forced to either hire the best-skilled foreign talent by offering a higher salary and the $100k petition fee or hire American workers.
After H-1B, the next focus for the Trump administration could be the Optional Practical Training program available to international students.
Optional Practical Training (OPT) allows F-1 students to engage in temporary employment linked to their field of study. Students may apply for up to 12 months of OPT authorization both before and after completing their academic programs. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) students may apply for a 24-month extension of their post-completion OPT employment authorization.
For many overseas students, the Optional Practical Training program serves as a stepping stone toward an H-1B visa. The journey of a foreign student in the U.S. includes transitioning from an F-1 visa to participating in the OPT program and eventually securing employment with a U.S. company via an H-1B visa.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the main architect of the Trump administration’s immigration policy, aims to end or greatly restrict the immigrant talent pipeline stemming from international students acquiring Optional Practical Training and H-1B status, asserting that this would benefit American citizens.
OPT program termination proposals have been floated by several top lawmakers and US administrators.
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Yea!!!
Winning!
OPT needs to end. Those jobs should go to Americans graduates.
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Current data about the exact number of foreign students actually working in USA-OPT jobs is hard to find.
About 1.6 million foreign students have USA Student Visas.
About 420,000 student visas are eligible for OPT jobs.
Total students actually working an OPT job in 2025?
Please send me a link if you find the actual number.
In 2024, students from India and China held 61% of the OPT jobs.
Except for Canada, almost no students from Japan, northern Europe, Persian Gulf oil nations, or the English speaking countries, work OPT jobs in the USA.
The horror, the horror.
“transitioning from an F-1 visa to participating in the OPT program”
On many occasions I have discussed immigration with immigrants. I ask them what their immigration status is and they answer “in progress”. They have lost one status and are awaiting approval of the next status. They are in limbo.
Any changes to the system should avoid these “limbo” periods.
And just like that, there were no Ukraine posts any more.
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