Being a foreign student in the United States can be stressful and confusing. Properly navigating immigration requirements and maintaining status is extremely important. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has created a website to help current and prospective students through the process of coming to the U.S. for study. Study in the States contains information for students [...]

April 2008 is turning out to be a land mark month for student visa program in US. First, the Department of Homeland Security came up with an Interim Rule on OPTs for F1 Students which, among other thing, made the transition from student to employee status much easier now. Now, barely two weeks after that [...]

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is extending the period of Optional Practical Training (OPT) by 17 months for qualified F-1 non-immigrant students. That means the OPT period will now be 29 months instead of 12. Who are eligible for extension? The DHS interim rule makes this extension available to only F-1 students with a [...]