{"id":2309,"date":"2026-10-08T11:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T06:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2309"},"modified":"2026-10-08T11:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T06:04:17","slug":"us-proposes-70000-fee-for-international-students-work-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2309","title":{"rendered":"US proposes $70,000 fee for international students\u2019 work training"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The US Department of Homeland Security has proposed that international students pay \u200cat least $70,000 in training fees if they want to work in the country, according to a government notice posted online on Wednesday, part of the Trump administration\u2019s wider crackdown on foreign visa holders.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under the proposal, nonimmigrant students with F-1 \u200bvisas would be required to pay $70,000 to a certified institution for on-the-job training, known as Optional \u200bPractical Training (OPT), and $30,000 for any additional work training.<\/p>\n

DHS said the new rules were \u2060meant \u201cto combat fraud, strengthen the integrity of the immigration system, and protect US workers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under the OPT system, \u200bforeign students can engage in work training for up to 20 hours per week while school is in \u200bsession, as well as for a limited time after graduation, with an additional allowance for those with degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.<\/p>\n

Those who enroll are currently expected to pay around $500.<\/p>\n

\u201cDHS is now setting a fee to ensure \u200bemployers, students, and institutions are engaging in appropriate activities consistent with admission as an F-1 nonimmigrant,\u201d the \u200bagency said.<\/p>\n

Such training programs often serve as a bridge for students seeking work under H-1B visas, which the Trump \u200cadministration has \u2060also targeted with increased fees<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For decades, the H-1B program<\/a>me has allowed young engineers and scientists from across the world, especially India and China, to turn years of study at US universities into high-paying jobs and a path to permanent US residency.<\/p>\n

Leading US tech companies have come to rely heavily on these workers to \u200bfill skilled positions.<\/p>\n

When he was \u200bcampaigning in 2024, President \u2060Donald Trump vowed he would make it easier for foreign students to remain in the country, suggesting they be automatically awarded a Green Card after graduation.<\/p>\n

Like \u200bsimilar DHS proposals, the rule change is likely to be met with \u200bswift legal challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis \u2060proposed rule isn\u2019t going to fare well in the courts, just as the 100k H-1B fee and other restrictionist policies have been struck down,\u201d Doug Rand, director of the Talent Mobility Fund, which works to attract \u2060foreign STEM \u200bprofessionals, wrote on LinkedIn on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The proposal is subject to \u200b30 days of public comment before it can be finalised.<\/p>\n

DHS said it would wait 60 days after finalisation before putting the rule \u200binto effect to allow schools, students and employers time to prepare.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The US Department of Homeland Security has proposed that international students pay \u200cat least $70,000 in training fees if they want to work in the country, according to a government notice posted online on Wednesday, part of the Trump administration\u2019s wider crackdown on foreign visa holders. Under the proposal, nonimmigrant students with F-1 \u200bvisas would be required to pay $70,000 to a certified institution for on-the-job training, known as Optional \u200bPractical Training (OPT), and $30,000 for any additional work training. DHS said the new rules were \u2060meant \u201cto combat fraud,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}