OPT延长至24个月政策急需你的支持评论 否则很可能失败！！！

Matcha 发表于 2015-11-9 05:22
I strongly support the proposal for the following reasons:
1.        As an international student in US, I  ...

I strongly support the proposal for the following reasons:
1.        As an international student in the US, I learned knowledge from U.S. university and hope to contribute back to the country. Obviously, the knowledge would be better applied to where it comes from. Additionally, hiring international students helps and speeds up trade among countries without any cultural conflicts and misunderstandings.
2.        Some of my friends gave up their offers from top universities in U.K. and came to the U.S. It is not only because universities in U.S. have high standards of teaching and advanced laboratories, but also because U.S. has friendly policies for international students, i.e. extension for OPT. I believe most students would hesitate over their choices of coming to America if they lose this support
3.        Honestly, I do think many international students plan to return to their home country after several years in the U.S. It is important to gain the working experience in the U.S. before we return back to our countries. Without the working experience in the U.S., we lose a competitive strength comparing to other employees when we return to our countries. After several years’ working in the U.S. we may consider returning to find a better occupation in our own counties. There is no worrying about occupying job positions for U.S. citizens since some of us may not want to stay in U.S. permanently.

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Fight for a brighter future!!

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毕竟是STEM学生，还是与我息息相关的，刚去写了一份评论
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但是还没有被reviewed

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我们需要一些翔实的例子和论点，要不光写support，作用不大。

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This is my second comment.

Actually, Washtech Court ruling on STEM OPT has already had a great impact on these foreign students.

There are a lot of cases on the forums:

1. A guy from Taiwan who got his PHD degree from a top university in the USA and was not selected in H1b visa lottery of this year does despair due to this ruling. What he can do is going to quit his job when his OPT expires and go back home.

2. Below is another sad story:
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Jooli Han

My parents brought me here to the United States when I was 14 and I have
never been back to South Korea since then.

By the time my family got their green cards after waiting 7 full years, I
was already over 21 and independent, meaning not elligible for that green
card. Being considered as an international student, I paid $135,000+ out of
pocket for my college and graduate school tuitions.

I was able to finish both Bachelor's and Master's in Biomedical Engineering
in total of 4.5 years only because the $$$ figures never left my head. I
found a decent job with a decent salary, developing decent medical
instruments that are daily used to save lives in surgical operations.

Then, one day, I am forced to leave the US. The Washtech court ruling is
kicking me out to a country I have not stepped on for the past 10 years.
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3. I am working at a High-Tech company which is a global leader in Microwave
Signal Processing Products & Telecommunication components. My two co-workers
from Italy were not selected in H1B Visa Lottery of this year. One's STEM OPT Extension
has expired and has no other choice but to leave. The other's STEM OPT Extension
is expiring very soon. They graduated from the best engineering schools in Italy
and are very talented engineers.

Industries in US Tech Areas are bleeding.

I think DHS should do your best to save these talented professionals. Also, I suggest DHS that
existing students with 17 months OPT stem extension should be given for 7 months additional
extension automatically, without inviting any further extension application based on the new rule.
Please put your new rule in effect at your earliest.

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同时附上我写的comment，供大家参考：
I am a international graduate student majoring in Computer Engineering in ** University. I am the steady supporter towards improving and expanding training opportunities for F-1 students with STEM degrees and cap-gap relief for all eligible F-1 students.

Information technology industry, particularly Internet industry, is very hot in US. Not only big Internet Companies, for instance FLAG(Facebook, LinkedIn, Amazon, Google), but also startup companies in Information Technology recruit lots of entry-level employees in Computer Science and Computer Engineering every year. However, the number of Americans with the required background and skills sets is way less than the numerous number of recruiting demands. In the graduate computer science classes, I can hardly find American student. Most of my classmates are international students. If optional training practice is not expanded, which is only 12 months long, there will be immediately two thirds loss of employees in information technology industry, which will turn into a completely disaster towards IT industry, which is the heavy price that United States cannot afford. Besides, the well educated people, including our international students who receive advanced education in US, are the backbone of the United State's future. US government should spare no effort to keep those people stay in US rather than retraining them with working visa.

In summary, it is win-win that improving and expanding training opportunities for F-1 students with STEM degrees and cap-gap relief for all eligible F-1 students.