Engine submitted comments to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on its proposed rule to require schools to pay $70,000 for a student’s first Optional Practical Training recommendation and $30,000 for each later one. In our comments, we explain how the fees would cut startups off from one of their most accessible routes to U.S.-trained international graduates before they ever get to make a hiring decision, pushing talent the U.S. has already invested in to build companies abroad.
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