F-1 Students: Optional Practical Training (OPT)
http://www.ias.berkeley.edu/siss/immigration/f1students/f1opt.htm
When OPT
can take place
|
Number of
hours per week
|
Other
comments
|
Summer or winter break |
unlimited |
Deducts from 12 months |
Academic
year, course work remaining |
20 hours or
less |
Deducts at
50% rate from 12 months |
Academic year, course work completed |
unlimited |
Graduate students only |
Degree
completed |
unlimited
|
No penalty
for unemployment |
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|