Optional Practical Training

Please review the following links regarding applying for Optional Practical Training.

• OPT Overview
• Post-Completion OPT: How to Apply
• Pre-Completion OPT: How to Apply
• 24-Month STEM OPT Extension: How to Apply
• OPT: Work, Travel, and More
  • Report your Post-Completion OPT employment
  • Report your 24-Month STEM OPT employment
  • Limits on periods of unemployment
  • Employment allowed while on OPT
  • Money matters (taxes)
  • Health insurance
  • Travel and OPT
  • Study while on OPT
• H-1B Cap Gap Extension
• Graduate Students