Trump proposes $70,000 fee, $30,000 renewal for Nigerian, other foreign students seeking jobs

The United States Department of Homeland Security, DHS, has projected a $70,000 interest for planetary students seeking to enactment successful the country’s Optional Practical Training, OPT, programme.

The connection is portion of the latest efforts by President Donald Trump’s medication to tighten regulations surrounding overseas students and immigration.

Under the projected rule, acquisition institutions would beryllium required to wage $70,000 for each planetary student’s archetypal OPT exertion and $30,000 for each renewal.

The OPT programme allows eligible planetary students to summation impermanent enactment acquisition successful the United States successful jobs related to their fields of study.

International students are mostly eligible to enactment for up to 1 twelvemonth aft completing their studies done the programme, portion graduates successful definite science, technology, engineering and mathematics, STEM, fields tin suffice for an further 2 years.

The projected fees could importantly impact Nigerian students and different planetary students who trust connected OPT to summation nonrecreational acquisition successful the United States aft graduation.

American universities besides beryllium heavy connected planetary students, including Nigerians and students f...