{"id":1809,"date":"2016-03-21T12:59:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T00:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swlgpc.com\/en\/blog\/?p=409"},"modified":"2016-03-21T12:59:43","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T00:59:43","slug":"mini_article_on_opt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/mini_article_on_opt\/","title":{"rendered":"Amended Regulations on Optional Practical Training (OPT) for Students with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Degrees."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On March 11, 2016, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published amended regulations on OPT for International Students with STEM Degrees. The amended regulations will allow F-1 STEM students to be able to extend their OPT for an additional 24 months beyond the initial 12 months.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Individuals who are already working on a STEM extension can apply for an additional 7 months under certain circumstances and must apply within a particular time-frame.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Additionally, F-1 STEM students may receive up to two periods of STEM extension provided that they graduated from multiple degree programs.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>They can also use a previous STEM degree to qualify. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>These amended regulations will go into affect May 10, 2016.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In order to assist school officials, students and employers understand the new regulations, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) has launched a STEM OPT Hub (<a href=\"https:\/\/studyinthestates.dhs.gov\/stem-opt-hub\">https:\/\/studyinthestates.dhs.gov\/stem-opt-hub<\/a>), which includes resources such as a Transition Plan, Training Plan and a series of frequently asked questions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As part of the amended regulations, employers must develop a formal training plan that clearly identifies the STEM OPT student\u2019s learning objectives and the employer\u2019s commitments to helping the student achieve these goals. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 11, 2016, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published amended regulations on OPT for International Students with STEM Degrees. The amended regulations will allow F-1 STEM students to be able to extend their OPT for an additional 24 months beyond the initial 12 months.\u00a0 Individuals who are already working on a STEM [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[8,9,10],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1809"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}