F1 OPT is targeted too# EB23 - 劳工卡
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In addition to these nonimmigrant visa programs, we’ll hear about how
foreign students on U.S. soil are being targeted by some employers.
Employers have a pool of cheaper labor right here at home, and have resorted
to using a special program known as Optional Practical Training (OPT) to
bypass the H-1B visa program. OPT is a program that provides foreign
students in F-1 visa status the opportunity to obtain work for a U.S.
employer during and/or after completing an academic program in the United
States. It was created by regulation, not by Congress.
There is no cap on the number of foreign students who may be employed in the
U.S. in OPT, nor is there a requirement that the OPT workers be paid the
locally prevailing wage or even the actual wage being paid to similarly
qualified employees. There is also no requirement that the student have an
offer of employment before being granted a work permit. In fiscal year 2013,
USCIS granted employment authorization to 123,328 F-1 students under the
OPT program
foreign students on U.S. soil are being targeted by some employers.
Employers have a pool of cheaper labor right here at home, and have resorted
to using a special program known as Optional Practical Training (OPT) to
bypass the H-1B visa program. OPT is a program that provides foreign
students in F-1 visa status the opportunity to obtain work for a U.S.
employer during and/or after completing an academic program in the United
States. It was created by regulation, not by Congress.
There is no cap on the number of foreign students who may be employed in the
U.S. in OPT, nor is there a requirement that the OPT workers be paid the
locally prevailing wage or even the actual wage being paid to similarly
qualified employees. There is also no requirement that the student have an
offer of employment before being granted a work permit. In fiscal year 2013,
USCIS granted employment authorization to 123,328 F-1 students under the
OPT program
