Eamon Alido, a teacher from the Philippines at the Mott-Regent Public School District, receiving an award from state school superintendent Kirsten Baesler (pink) for county teacher of the year in Hettinger County in 2024. Many teachers on J-1 visas like Alido would rather get H-1B visas because they offer both a longer stay and a potential path to citizenship. J-1 visa holders can stay three years and a maximum of five if extensions are given, before returning to their home country.
New fees could price out schools, universities and hospitals in talent searchSchool superintendents, long challenged by teacher shortages across the state, are concerned that increased fees for H-1B visas will price them out of attracting foreign teachers to become long-term members in their communities.The Trump administration implemented a $100,000 fee for new H-1B visa...
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