This week I bring you the news that Indian Nationals DO NOT need to attend an MS STEM in the US any longer and go directly to the Ph.D. programs in STEM. If you have subscribed to our podcast, I talk about STEM programs. Now with the new approval, STEM MS aspirants can save money and stay home.

I had talked about ROI and the money required to study in the US. As an Indian national, the immigration lines are longer so this means that it takes longer to get a green card. Many students need to take multiple degrees at the so-called CPT-Day One Universities that offer the ability to work and study at the same time.

The 22 new fields of study are bioenergy, general forestry, forest resources production and management, human-centered technology design, cloud computing, anthrozoology, climate science, earth systems science, economics and computer science, environmental geosciences, geobiology, geography and environmental studies, mathematical economics, mathematics and atmospheric and oceanic science, general data science, general data analytics, business analytics, data visualization, financial analytics, other data analytics, industrial and organizational psychology, and social sciences, research methodology, and quantitative methods.

Source: https://www.dhs.gov/news/2022/01/21/dhs-expands-opportunities-us-stem-professionals

Legislation fast-tracked in the U.S. House would exempt STEM Ph.D. graduates from green-card caps. A U.S. House bill aimed at boosting American competitiveness would exempt STEM Ph.D. graduates from numerical limits on immigrant visas — and require them to pay a supplemental fee to fund scholarships for low-income American students in science and engineering. (This is $1,000).

The measure would effectively staple a green card to the doctoral diploma of qualifying international students in STEM, a long-held priority of college groups. The green-card exemption would also extend to immigrants who earn STEM Ph.D.s from foreign universities if they are equivalent.

Source: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/latitudes/issues/competes-edition-1003963?utm_campaign=latitude%28s%29&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter

The bill DID NOT pass for a minor technical issue. In the meantime, August published its first journal that has more practical solutions to the STEM talent that can be resolved with minor changes.

I read the reason for the rejection and it is a minor jurisdiction issue with respect to the taxes that are proposed so it will make it eventually. Nevertheless, the advice below remains good because there is already a pathway for STEM students to apply for their own green cards.

This means that good students should stay in India and as an action step:

* Find an MS STEM that will accept them in their home country now.

* Find a Ph.D. STEM programs in so many fields.

* Contact us and follow us to get a list of all the STEM fields in addition to the 22 above or you can google it too.

* Ping [email protected] or Instagram DM August.Network for strategies to save money if you want to spend money on a STEM MS when you can do the same degree and prepare for Ph.D. proposals.

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