New OPT fee proposed: Colleges to pay $70,000 for first-time F-1 students, $30,000 for extensions; DHS says this was never meant to be a backdoor
New OPT fee proposed by DHS. The Department of Homeland Security announced a proposed rule that would impose a $70,000 fee for F-1 students seeking to participate in the OPT program and $30,000 for each subsequent OPT authorization including STEM OPT extensions. Schools will have to pay this fee, not the international students. The proposed…