Students coming to US in F-1Student Visa have to pay out of state tuition fee. There is huge difference between In State and Out of State tuition fee. New Bill was passed in Washington State ( where Microsoft and Amazon head office is located) that will allow H1B Workers to get In-State Tuition fee after staying in the state for atleast 1 year.
In-State Tuition Fee – H1B Visa
Here is few details about the new bill
- Under House Bill 1487, which takes effect July 1, the foreign workers would qualify for the same tuition rate as state residents if they have been in the state at least a year on certain kinds of temporary work visas, such as the H-1B
- But the measure was written so broadly that children of visa holders who also had graduated from a state high school became unintended beneficiaries.
Read more details about this bill.
Do you think all the states in US will pass similar bill? If so, students applying for Masters degree through F-1 Visa will start applying for H-1B Visa.
Sample Tuition Fee Comparison
- Instate Tuition Fee – $3000 ( per semester)
- Out of State Tuition Fee – $9000 ( per semester)
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@stbill
Do you know that H1-B workers are not cheap labor? I was surprised to know that H1-B workers require minimum basic salary to even apply for that VISA. I used to think like you when I was doing my Undergraduate. But when I graduated and applied for my Masters, I came to know that I got selected for various scholarships just because I am American Citizen. There were many deserving candidates from all over the world with 4.0 GPA and amazing GRE score. While I had average GRE and below average GPA – and still I got scholarship.
I think one need to look hard. Being US citizens, we have lot of opportunities as compared to H1-B VISA holders. I agree that they are eventually taking our jobs. But for our nation to thrive and remain the best nation in the world, we need these people. We need talented people.
I hope I have conveyed my point without hurting anyone’s feeling.
Thanks.
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Texas, already has this law right ?
This law will allow all the dependents to get In-state tuition fee. Some states already allow H1B Visa holders (and H4) to take part time enrollment in school with In-State fee.
Is North Carolina one of those states?
So I, an American citizen, was denied in-state tuition several years ago after I had already lived in the state more than three years. I then had to wait until I turned 23 and legally emancipated from my parents before being awarded with in-state status and the tuition rate I could afford without selling myself out to the ‘US Student Loan’ slavery-for-life system.
Of course, what the hell was the point in obtaining it, working my ass off for 5 years of engineering courses and part time jobs, in order to finally graduate without too much debt and a Computer Science major? The country has been flooded with H1B and other cheap laborers, mostly from India and Eastern Europe, such that I’ve been unemployed for at least half of my 4 year engineering career.
My last hope was moving here to the DC area and getting in with the big military and government contractors as it appears most of these jobs cannot be given to non-citizens.
I’m not holding my breath though – corporate America knows that the uneducated mass of Americans are too stupid to notice when millions of their jobs are being sold out, along with their once-great nation and all its assets. At least American Idol is on!
For any future college students – don’t even think about going into a field like engineering or science. The CEO’s of this country will scream how they need you, but it is just an excuse in order to get Congress to allow more slaves to enter the country and work for a pittance. Taking out loans for a college degree is the absolutely worst thing you can do.
@stbill
why dont you believe it is because that you are obtuse you have been out of a job half your life or whatever. that is a kind of reason why they encourage foreign nationals to work in the USA as without skilled labor (and not cheap labor as you mention), the car you drive in or the computer on which you are reading this message wouldnt have been so. so, take it easy man. it is all for the good of the people. work hard.
And the CEO’s of this country aren’t going to scream. They are well aware of what they are doing, unlike you who have been jobless in analysing such misleading facts. remember, that is why they are CEO’s and they deserve to be there.
Oh wait, do you know why you need to take loans? you cannot compete with smarter people than you to win a scholarship. blame yourself fellow, not the country or its policies.