More than a million international students are studying at U.S. colleges and universities. For many of them, opportunities continue after graduation thanks to the federal Optional Practical Training ...

Optional Practical Training (OPT) is temporary employment authorization for practical training directly related to a student’s major field of study. Standard OPT is available for a cumulative maximum ...

Santa Clara University offers international students with F-1 immigration status in the MBA/MSBA/MSIS/MSFA programs the opportunity to engage in Curricular Practical Training in accordance with ...

Rep. Paul Gosar has called for the termination of the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program, claiming it favors foreign ...

Optional Practical Training (OPT) is an employment option available to students in F-1 status to gain practical experience in their major field(s) of study. The USCIS website has detailed information ...

The lawmakers have urged them to identify OPT as a program that is dangerously unauthorized, abused, and costly to the ...

A program that undermines wages, steals from your grandparents, and actively dims the prospects of American college students- only an alliance of Silicon Valley excess and administrative insanity ...

The main criticism of the OPT program is that it was created by regulation rather than by the Congress. (Reuters) To discourage US companies from hiring international students in the United States, ...

F-1 students may be eligible for Optional Practical Training (OPT). For students in their final semester of coursework, we recommend applying for Post-Completion OPT ASAP. U.S. government OPT ...

Optional Practical Training (OPT) is an opportunity for F-1 students to gain practical experience working off-campus in a job directly related to their major field of study. It is recommended in SEVIS ...