In the United States, Optional Practical Training (OPT) is a period during which undergraduate and graduate students with F-1 status who have completed...
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although they may still be authorized for Curricular Practical Training; Optional Practical Training may only be used after graduation. While the Border...
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Post-Optional Practical Training, either paid or unpaid, which must be directly related to the students' major of study Optional Practical Training for...
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Secretary Michael Chertoff announced a 17-month extension to Optional Practical Training for STEM students, as part of the H-1B Cap-Gap Regulations. This...
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I-20): Employment authorization (such as for Optional Practical Training or Curricular Practical Training) Information on change of status or the cap-gap...
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M-1 visa (section Optional Practical Training)
the course of study indicated on the Form I-20, plus time for Optional Practical Training after completion of studies, plus an additional 30 days to depart...
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analogue of Optional Practical Training for students on a J-1 visa status. A student cannot simultaneously be eligible for Optional Practical Training (also...
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more than a year of full-time curricular practical training are ineligible for Optional Practical Training. Part-time CPT students who work less than...
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dependence on the program. The bill would also eliminate the Optional Practical Training program that allows foreign graduates to stay and work in the...
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dependence on the program. The bill would also eliminate the Optional Practical Training program that allows foreign graduates to stay and work in the...
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provide English language training ("ESL") programs began. These changes stem from the Accreditation of English Language Training Act ("Accreditation Act")...
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who can't get a visa because of annual caps, expansion of the optional practical training program, a review of the permanent labor certification program...
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dependence on the program. The bill would also eliminate the Optional Practical Training program that allows foreign graduates to stay and work in the...
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form of tomographic tissue imaging used in biomedical research Optional Practical Training, a period during which university students with an F-1 are permitted...
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extended the duration of post-completion work authorization (the "Optional Practical Training" (OPT)) from 12 months to an additional 24 months, for a total...
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programs that qualify eligible graduates on student visas for an optional practical training (OPT) extension. Under the OPT program, international students...
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J-1 visa (section 2010 flight training termination)
authorization was a year and a half. This initiative follows the STEM Optional Practical Training for F-1 visa students. In May 2025 the State Department instructed...
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F visa holding students receive an EAD for post-completion Optional Practical Training. The key difference between Forms I-129 and I-765 is that the...
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dependence on the program. The bill would also eliminate the Optional Practical Training program that allows foreign graduates to stay and work in the...
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Note that this includes those applying for post-completion Optional Practical Training N (parents and children of certain special immigrants) NATO-7...
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and other short-term training or non-degree programme) level. A further 2 per cent were proceeding with optional practical training after the conclusion...
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F visa holding students receive an EAD for post-completion Optional Practical Training. The key difference between Forms I-129 and I-765 is that the...
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I-765 petitions (only available to F-1 students applying for Optional Practical Training or STEM OPT extension). To avail of the service, the applicant...
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immigration fellow Jeremy Neufeld has proposed extending the Optional Practical Training period for international students and expanding O-1 visa eligibility...
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as to off-campus employment undertaken under Optional Practical Training or Curricular Practical Training: students in such employment need to pay Social...
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dependence on the program. The bill would also eliminate the Optional Practical Training program that allows foreign graduates to stay and work in the...
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whole envelope got returned unopened. So then I got the OPT [Optional Practical Training]—which entitles you to a year’s worth of work with a company...
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dependence on the program. The bill would also eliminate the Optional Practical Training program that allows foreign graduates to stay and work in the...
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other things than immigration enforcement. CIS seeks an end to "Optional Practical Training" work permits, which foreign students who attend American universities...
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dependence on the program. The bill would also eliminate the Optional Practical Training program that allows foreign graduates to stay and work in the...
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