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New ICE OPT Job Guidance Could Problem Up Students And Employers

October 11, 2019October 24, 2019 (Updated: Oct-24-2019 )Max Troy

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued an overlooked policy guidance that could lead to significant problems for employers and international students on Optional Practical Training Read More >

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What Businesses Need To Know To Hire STEM OPT Candidates?

October 7, 2019 (Updated: )Max Troy

International students who want to supplement their U.S. degree(s) and academic knowledge often turn to Optional Practical Training (OPT) programs to gain on-the-job experience, especially Read More >

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Cost of Being International Is Much Higher Than One Perceives

September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 (Updated: )Max Troy

My life can be characterized by the 30-mile radius around Cary, North Carolina, where I went to public school for K-12 and have Read More >

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International Students Have Forego Jobs over EAD Delays by USCIS

September 2, 2019September 2, 2019 (Updated: )Max Troy

When Tristan Sithole ’21, an international student from Zimbabwe, arrived in Nashville for his summer internship with the accounting firm Deloitte, he expected Read More >

ICE Onsite Visits to Employers Hiring STEM F1 Candidates Is On Rise

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019 (Updated: )Max Troy

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) has recently increased site visits for employers who employ F-1 students under STEM OPT (short for Science, Read More >

ICE Begins Conducting STEM OPT Site Visits

ICE Has Initiated On Site Visits To Employers Of F1 STEM OPT

August 26, 2019 (Updated: )Max Troy

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reportedly started to conduct on-site inspections of companies that employ foreign students in F-1 STEM Read More >

Federal Judge Revealed Deadlines of OPT Litigation Updates

August 21, 2019 (Updated: )Max Troy

Litigation challenging the legality of the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program for F-1 students remains pending in federal court. On Aug. 6, the Read More >

Rise in Site Inspections by ICE for Candidates of STEM OPT Program

August 19, 2019 (Updated: )Max Troy

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has increased its enforcement actions related to the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Occupational Practical Training (STEM OPT) Read More >

US officials visiting the site because they hire STEM-OPT trainees

August 2, 2019August 2, 2019 (Updated: )Max Troy

Some companies that have hired STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths ) apprentices graduated under optional practical training (OPT), are being subject to Read More >

SEVP Reminds US Schools That CPT, OPT Are Not Interchangeable

July 30, 2019 (Updated: )Max Troy

WASHINGTON – The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) oversees two types of the practical training program for international students, curricular practical training Read More >