Optional Practical Training

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
OPT
Pronunciation
/ˈɔpʃənəl ˈpræktɪkəl ˈtreɪnɪŋ/
Category
Community
Related Field
Educational

Examples in Context

  1. The H1-B visa may be used to extend your employment after your post-completion optional practical training expires.
  2. To stay and hunt for a job in the US after graduation, international students can participate in optional practical training ( OPT ).
  3. The US also extended the Optional Practical Training(OPT) ( OPT ) period for science and engineering majors to land a job from 12 months to 29 months.

Other meanings of OPT

Optional Gov
Options Computing
Option Gov
Optimum Gov
Optometry Gov
Outpatient treatment Medical
Occupied Palestinian Territories Gov
Optics Gov
Occupied Palestinian Territory Misc
optician Medical