OPT provides temporary work authorization for international students in the U.S., and a government rule allows science and engineering students to stay an extra 24 months. This rule was challenged by an association of American IT workers, but the Supreme Court has declined to hear their case. Read more from Roy Maurer for the Society of Human Resource Management. (October 2023)
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case Against OPT Visa Program
FILE - Scientists work in a bioprocess lab at Eat Just in Alameda, California, June 14, 2023.