{"id":958207,"date":"2025-08-28T08:49:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T03:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=958207"},"modified":"2025-08-28T10:39:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T05:09:16","slug":"as-h-1b-debate-intensifies-netizens-call-for-scrutiny-of-legal-loophole-allowing-stem-workers-on-opt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2025\/08\/28\/as-h-1b-debate-intensifies-netizens-call-for-scrutiny-of-legal-loophole-allowing-stem-workers-on-opt\/","title":{"rendered":"As H-1B debate intensifies, netizens call for scrutiny of legal loophole allowing STEM workers on OPT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a lot of debates and discussions happening over the H-1B visa situation in the US. Amidst these chaos, one less-talked-about program is becoming an important topic in the tech world, Optional Practical Training (OPT). <\/p>\n<p>For years, OPT has allowed international students on F-1 visas to extend their stay in the US and gain practical experience in their field of study. But in a twist that has drawn both scrutiny and praise, this programme is now being used by some of the world\u2019s largest companies to tap into a labour force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a lot of debates and discussions happening over the H-1B visa situation in the US. Amidst these chaos, one less-talked-about program is becoming an important topic in the tech world, Optional Practical Training (OPT). For years, OPT has allowed international students on F-1 visas to extend their stay in the US and gain practical experience in their field of study. But in a twist that has drawn both scrutiny and praise, this programme is now being used by some of the world\u2019s largest companies to tap into a labour force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-958207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bpo-the-financial-express","category-newspapers","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=958207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958207\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=958207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=958207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=958207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}