Furthermore, each year, the U.S. government only issues 65,000 new H-1B visa, which is a small portion of the total number of applicants who apply. In recent years, “USCIS instituted a “lottery” system for accepting applications because more than 65,000 regular H-1Bs were received on the first possible day of filing”. This process is entirely random, and any qualified international student can be turned down because of mere chance. The fact that the number of applicants far exceeds the number of visas filed means that each year, the majority of qualified applicants are rejected. Some will continue giving their effort in applying, and others will leave the U.S. to work elsewhere (“Beyond”).
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to other top ten economies around the globe in terms of the competition for international talent. After evaluating the nations’ policies, the organization ranked the United States 9th out of 10 competitor countries due to its “laws and regulations that impose unrealistic numerical limits and excessive bureaucratic rules on hiring workers that the country;s economy needs”. In the U.S., “the supply of H-1B visas for high-skilled foreign nationals has been exhausted every year for more than a decade due to low annual quotas, which prevent employers from hiring individuals that can help them grow and innovate inside the United States.” Countries like Germany, Switzerland, Canada and Australia are outperforming the U.S. government’s policies regarding the retention of international students (State). The government needs to learn from these countries and take necessary actions to move these red tapes out of the way and create a more open process for graduating international students to apply for H-1B and contribute their skills and knowledge to the …show more content…
higher education along with living expenses, minus any U.S. -based monetary resources that an international student may receive”. At a snapshot, international student enrollment contributed $26.8 billion to the U.S. economy during the 2013-2014 academic year. In addition, their enrollment either supported directly or indirectly a total number of 340,000 jobs in 2014. It may be more convenient to make sense of the data by breaking it down: on average, “for every 7 international students enrolled, 3 U.S. jobs are created or supported” (“Economic”). The benefits of enrolling more international students lie beyond data as well. International students bring their cross-cultural experiences on campus and help promote diversity. Nonetheless, if the U.S. government keep imposing quotas and other restrictions on H 1 B visas, it will be challenging for future international students to seek employment upon graduation. International students may direct their interest in studying abroad to other nations like Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom, which will eventually reduce the benefit that international student enrollment brings to the American
These difficulties make it challenging for international …show more content…
to other top ten economies around the globe in terms of the competition for international talent. After evaluating the nations’ policies, the organization ranked the United States 9th out of 10 competitor countries due to its “laws and regulations that impose unrealistic numerical limits and excessive bureaucratic rules on hiring workers that the country;s economy needs”. In the U.S., “the supply of H-1B visas for high-skilled foreign nationals has been exhausted every year for more than a decade due to low annual quotas, which prevent employers from hiring individuals that can help them grow and innovate inside the United States.” Countries like Germany, Switzerland, Canada and Australia are outperforming the U.S. government’s policies regarding the retention of international students (State). The government needs to learn from these countries and take necessary actions to move these red tapes out of the way and create a more open process for graduating international students to apply for H-1B and contribute their skills and knowledge to the …show more content…
higher education along with living expenses, minus any U.S. -based monetary resources that an international student may receive”. At a snapshot, international student enrollment contributed $26.8 billion to the U.S. economy during the 2013-2014 academic year. In addition, their enrollment either supported directly or indirectly a total number of 340,000 jobs in 2014. It may be more convenient to make sense of the data by breaking it down: on average, “for every 7 international students enrolled, 3 U.S. jobs are created or supported” (“Economic”). The benefits of enrolling more international students lie beyond data as well. International students bring their cross-cultural experiences on campus and help promote diversity. Nonetheless, if the U.S. government keep imposing quotas and other restrictions on H 1 B visas, it will be challenging for future international students to seek employment upon graduation. International students may direct their interest in studying abroad to other nations like Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom, which will eventually reduce the benefit that international student enrollment brings to the American