OPTimer

Optional Practical Training (professional internship) is the internship period after graduation of the American F1 student visa. For international students, during the opt application process, they may face a lot of problems, such as complicated documents and dates. Therefore, we designed this assistant for SCAD international students to apply for OPT.

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Xiaohan Ding, 24yrs, International Student of SCAD, China

When I applied for OPT, I thought there were too many documents to submit. It took a long time to prepare them. Then the process of reviewing documents is very long. I went to the school office lots of times to confirm. Moreover, some formats of materials are also very complex, such as the bank check to pay the application fee, the requirements of the resume photo and so on. To solve these problems, I am going to ask for the help of my advisor.

Yu Tian, 25yrs, International Student of SCAD, China

I can't control my time, because I don't know when I can get the application, so I often can't get into the position on time after I find the internship. I'd like to know the progress of the application, and I'd like to know whether the people who applied at the same time with me have passed. I used the official website to look up the information.

Chen Cai, 25yrs, International Student of SCAD, China

Our school has a special workshop to help you apply for opt. When I have problems, I will send an email to the school tutor to apply for help. I don't ask my friends or classmates questions, because they don't know them. I think the information provided by the school is more convincing.

Too many submissions

Part of submissions audit process is complex

Unable to control the schedule

Need application status of applicants in the same period

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