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Optional Practical Training after Graduation
Those planning to transfer to the main campus for the upper two years should bear in mind that there are lots of part-time jobs for students on campus, but international students (foreign nationals) are forbidden to take jobs off-campus in the first year of their studies. Later on, it is possible to obtain a work permit. They should also be aware of a federal program (OPT – Optional Practical Training). 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 nine months are permitted by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to work for at most one year on a student visa without needing to acquire a work H-1B visa towards getting a practical training to complement their field of studies. F-1 students are permitted a total of 12 months towards practical training, which can be distributed between Curricular Practical Training (CPT) and OPT.
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