Can international students stay in the USA after graduation?

International students get one year of OPT (optional practical training) after their graduation to work in the U.S..

International students may apply for OPT so that they can stay in the US and work after graduation.

After graduation, students have 60 days to return home or be admitted to a new program school or be granted about.

International students can stay after they graduate up to one year for something called the Opti, where students can get training and work experience of their major and they can stay up to three years for some designated programs such as our Masters of Science and Data Analytics program.

Our international students are typically studying on an F1 student visa and the F1 visa program allows you to apply for optional practical training. In short, it's OK. And what it does is give you the ability to work in the United States after you graduate for a period of 12 months in a job related to your field of study. If you graduate from a program under STEM science, technology, engineering and math, you can qualify for an additional twenty four months. So that could be up to 30 six months of work in the US Postgraduation.

Can international students stay in the U.S. after graduation? Yes, absolutely. If students graduate in an undergraduate or a graduate degree program, they are eligible for the optional practical training opt, which allows the students to remain in the U.S. for one year, working in any area of their studies. And if they are STEM major related, they can work up to three years under their EF1 visas to on an HOPPITY status.

Students can stay in the US after graduation. It's the Opti, which is optional practical training, so you can find a job once you graduate and if you get hired, you are able to work for a year sometimes depending on the major, your major. You can extend your hoppity as well. And your university resources will help you with all of that.

Yes, international students can certainly stay in the United States after their studies if they apply for either STEM OPT or OPT, which is optional practical training. This program allows international students to stay in the US for either a year if it's regular OPT up to three years if it's STEM OPT. And students can work in their field and gain hands-on experience before returning to their home country.

Hello, this is Raffi Muroy from Suffolk University in Boston. Yes, international students can stay in the United States after they graduate to sort of experience the job market. All majors are eligible to receive one year of OPT - optional practical training in which they can stay working for one year with a work permit. And in the case of STEM, designated majors science, technology, engineering and math, you can see up to three years and then maybe. If you have luck, you might be able to be hired by a company.

Shoreline Community College, one student graduates, they have the opportunity for an opt option, so generally when a student attends a four year university, they get one or three years of opt upon graduation from that university. However, when coming to a community college such as Shoreline, you actually get an opportunity for an extra year of additional Opti upon graduation from your associate's degree. So what's the student graduates with their associate's degree? The first two years of university in the United States, the student is eligible for an additional year of Opti.

International students studying in the United States often wonder if they can stay in the country after they graduate on an F1 visa. International students are allowed to stay 60 days after graduation or after the program end date to wrap up their affairs, do some tourism, whatever. If they're going to work an optional practical training or opt in non stem degree areas, they may work one year and in STEM degree areas they may work three year optos.

Of course, international students can remain in the U.S. upon graduation, there are internships, there are employment as well as graduate study. There are many different categories of option. If you like to know more, send me an email, ttai@greenriver.edu

Optional practical training, hoppity allows F1 visa holders to work full time in their field of study for 12 months postgraduation this option helps students in gaining practical experience and training to complement their education. Students graduating with a STEM degree, which is science, technology, engineering and math, can apply for an extension of 24 months, making it a total of 36 months tayback after graduation.