Int. students may need to leave US if classes are 100% Remote
This is just another step in a broad-based program to make sure as few highly qualified people as possible can come to learn and work in the US.<p>(1) F1 visas have been effectively banned in much of the world since COVID started - the required interviews could only be done in now-closed centers.
(2) H1B, L1, H4, and J1 visas have been suspended until the end of the year, leaving OPT transfers, H1B lottery winners (already a 1 in 3 shot), H1B transfers, and others in the lurch.
(3) RFEs (a first step to visa denials) have been on a steep rise.<p>As a result, not only are we kicking people out, but international applications to US schools have absolutely collapsed; fewer people are even trying. The US is actively abandoning its goal of being the land of opportunity, and it makes me sad.