The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration is considering imposing an additional US$100,000 fee on applications for the OPT program for international students in USA
The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration is considering imposing an additional US$100,000 fee on applications for the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program for international students in USA. According to the WSJ, OPT allows international students to work for one to three years while on a student visa to gain practical experience related to their university major. In particular, many international students find employment through OPT in the finance and tech industries, and later transition to the highly skilled working visa H-1B. In September of last year, President Trump signed a presidential proclamation raising the application fee for H-1B visas to $100,000, more than twenty times of the previous fee. In June of this year, a federal district court ruled that this increase was illegal and invalid, and the administration has appealed that ruling.