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US DHS has extended STEM OPT to two years for F-1 students
US DHS has extended STEM OPT to two years for F-1 students
Overseas citizens who seek to pursue an advanced degree in the US has to get an F-1 student visa for doing so.

After the students on F-1 student visa got their degrees, they might be authorized to participate in the post completion OPT program related to their study fields for duration of one year.

In order to get authorization, a student should apply to the school official at their institution, which endorses their application, permits the student to apply for Job Authorization Document (EAD), that established the identity of student and job authorization.

Students on F-1 student visa who got degrees in STEM fields who are employed by the employers in the US in E- Verify, has been able to apply for 17 month extension of their status of OPT.

Two Year Extension Program :

The US DHS has announced a final regulation that allows overseas students who got STEM degrees to apply starting on 10th May 2016, for a two year extension of their post completion OPT program. This two