While the H-1B is the most popular visa for international students seeking to remain and work in the country post-graduation, it has recently become an exceedingly less practical option due to the program’s oversubscription and random selection process. In response, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently published a new rule giving F-1 students the opportunity to stay in the country longer and providing them with more chances to obtain the H-1B visa. By extension, this new rule increases the chances of certain U.S. trained foreign students entering a path toward citizenship, helping retain much needed STEM workers for U.S. employers.
Retaining foreign students after they graduate can often be challenging under current U.S. immigration law because the popular H-1B visa is subject to an annual cap determined by Congress. With the demand for H-1B visas soaring over three times the annual supply, the immediate consequence is that U.S. employers in desperate need of skilled workers are unable to utilize the thousands of qualified foreign students already in the United States to meet their business needs.1
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