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What is happening? Can anyone summarize?
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Processing times are already 6–12 months at many service centers.

USCIS backlog hit a record 11M+ pending applications last year.

Any rule tweak (like pushing more cases to consular processing) = even more delay + uncertainty

I’m planning to change of status from H1B to H4 for b school

If I still decide to continue dream which I’m not sure

I will share my experience with group
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True. The only catch is—if no one leaves the country and everyone opts for change of status (I-797A, inside the U.S.), then USCIS service centers get flooded. Correct me if I’m wrong
True. Just saying that it is possible. I have seen case where people apply for i797a and get i797b. With this proclamation, USCIS might start exploring this. Its still too early to say anything.

https://www.reddit.com/r/h1b/s/biLsLE2aNE
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If we receive an admit this year is it possible to defer it to next year? Hoping things get better by that time
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Most B schools won’t allow deferral
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What is happening? Can anyone summarize?
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Could go either way - schools may recognize and sympathize since so many future students are facing this issue, or they might not be able to accomodate since there would be so many deferred admits if they allowed. I don't think anyone yet has the answer to what will happen
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There is precedent for flexibility in a true shock: in 2020, HBS let all admits request 1–2-yr deferrals; GSB and Wharton also opened deferrals—esp. for internationals facing visa issues. 
• But outside crises, schools rarely do blanket deferrals because it shrinks next year’s class and wrecks yield planning—most say deferrals are case-by-case.

Downside
Schools could tighten international admits to manage yield risk (offers vs. who actually shows) amid visa/policy uncertainty.
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Very helpful, thanks for sharing mate
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Phir abhi without H1B, on OPT travel is safe then?

I want to know this
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Wow. This is a lot more insane than I expected

This is potentially impacting someone who went on vacation and coming back 🤯🤯🤯

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tbh no one knows.....We’re dealing with a government that’s rolling out big policy changes very fast, with limited debate—and those shifts hit the economy and families. So travel/OPT/H-1B risks are genuinely up in the air. Even if the $100K idea gets challenged in court, the broader pattern is volatility—some new rule can appear next.

Big picture: there are ideas floating to cancel OPT, cut it to 1 year (no STEM ext.), and scrap CPT—which would undercut internships and the main path to FT offers. Even if some of this gets challenged in court or watered down, the policy direction is volatile: rules can change fast, timelines slip, employers adjust hiring, and schools have limited control. Just like Stockmarket no one can reliably predict the path—up, down, or sideways—so treat it like a high-volatility market


This is new era what’s in our control is to get used to it
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matrix shared by our immigration lawyer......again, take everything with a grain of salt, things may change tomorrow
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Regardless of what rules say, companies would be extremely reluctant to hire internationals now coz he’s batshit crazy who will pass such rules overnight!

I can totally see this. One crazy rule can sow a lot of doubt in the heads of company leaders.

But this doesn’t mean that they will not hire MBA’s. There is another route. It just may mean they will hire them to work in Canada for example or in their home country.... The US may be losing jobs as the result of this short-sighted move.
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