Federal Court Decision Saves Work Authorization Program for International Students with STEM Degrees

On November 30, 2020, a federal district judge in the matter of Washington Alliance of Technology Workers v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, et al., No. 16-1170, issued an order to uphold the Obama-era program permitting extensions of optional practical training (OPT) work authorizations for certain international students with qualifying science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) degrees. By regulation, foreign students in F-1 visa status who graduate from U.S. universities or...
By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

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