New visa hurdles push foreign PhD scientists to abandon US labs for home-country jobs
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Recent data show a decline in applications from international students and researchers to U.S. labs, as new immigration procedures create uncertainty.
The article follows a PhD candidate from India who had to pause her research for two months while her visa renewal required public review of her social media, prompting her to abandon a planned postdoc and accept a biotech job back home.
Researchers and institutions report that such intrusive and unpredictable visa requirements are discouraging foreign talent, potentially impacting the U.S. biotech pipeline.
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This writeup was produced by pharmadog from original reporting by STAT.
Original headline: “Immigration changes are driving foreign researchers to leave the U.S. — or not come to begin with”
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