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Definitions of optional in various dictionaries:
adj - possible but not necessary
noun - an elective course of study
OPTIONAL - Optional Practical Training (OPT) is a period during which undergraduate and graduate students with F-1 status who have completed or have been pursui...
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| Left to choice not compulsory or automatic. |
| available to be chosen but not obligatory. |
| possible but not necessary left to personal choice |
| If something is optional, you can choose if you want to do it, pay it, buy it, etc.: |
| not necessary or demanded but possible or available depending on what you decide to do: |
| something that is optional is something that you can buy or do if you want to, but that you do not have to buy or do: |
| something that can be added, at extra cost, to a basic product or service to make it more attractive, efficient, etc.: |
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Optional Practical Training (OPT) is a period during which undergraduate and graduate students with F-1 status who have completed or have been pursuing their degrees for more than three months are permitted by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to work for one year on a student visa towards getting practical training to complement their education. * On April 2, 2008, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff announced a 17-month extension to the OPT for students in qualifying STEM fields. To be eligible for the 12-month permit, any degree in any field of studies is valid. For the 17-month OPT extension, a student must have received a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics degree as listed on the USCIS website. * On May 31, 2008, the Immigration Reform Law Institute filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of various organizations and individuals challenging the validity of the 17 month OPT extension. A similar lawsuit in November 2014 challenging the STEM extension was successful, with the Court giving the US government up to February 12, 2016 to formulate new rules. The deadline was subsequently extended by three months. * On March 11, 2016, the Department of Homeland Security published a final rule allowing certain F-1 students who receive science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees, and who meet other specified requirements, to apply for a 24-month extension of their post-completion OPT, giving STEM graduates a total of 36 months of OPT. The 24-month extension will replace the 17-month STEM OPT extension previously available to STEM students (see 73 FR 18944). Eligible students may begin applying for a 24-month STEM OPT extension on May 10, 2016.There also exists a post-completion Optional Practical Training option for students on M-1 visas, but it is significantly more restrictive than that for F-1 students. Unless otherwise specified, Optional Practical Training is understood to refer to Optional Practical Training for F-1 students. |