{"434291":{"#nid":"434291","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Recent news on STEM OPT extensions for F-1 students","body":[{"value":"You may have heard that, a US district court issued an opinion this week stating that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) failed to follow proper notice and comment procedures when creating the 17-month extension for Optional Practical Training (OPT) in certain STEM fields (commonly known as STEM OPT). The existing \u0026nbsp;STEM OPT rule will still be in place until\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EFebruary 12, 2016 to allow DHS to remedy the situation by publishing a new rule\u003C\/strong\u003E. So,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ESTEM OPT is intact\u003C\/strong\u003E, and we will monitor the situation closely and will provide additional updates using iBuzz, OIE news feed on our website as well as targeted emails to Georgia Tech F-1 status authorized for an active period of OPT whenever new information is available.Please view the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/oie.gatech.edu\/accordion-f-current-employment#f_current_employment-page-node-3456\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EOPT FAQ\u003C\/a\u003E for additional information.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"There are important DHS developments regarding STEM OPT extensions that might affect you."}],"uid":"27563","created_gmt":"2015-08-14 08:48:41","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:22","author":"Alana Franklin","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-08-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-08-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1297","name":"Office of International Education"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"13167","name":"DHS"},{"id":"137911","name":"extension"},{"id":"6591","name":"F-1"},{"id":"1802","name":"international"},{"id":"253","name":"OPT"},{"id":"167258","name":"STEM"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}