Student & Exchange
Students and exchange visitors face some of the most time-sensitive sequences in immigration law — CPT and OPT authorizations, the STEM OPT extension, cap-gap protection, and the two-year home residency requirement. We keep your status, work authorization, and long-term green card strategy aligned.
F-1 Academic Student Visa
Study in America — and build the CPT, OPT, and H-1B sequence from day one.
Learn more →F-2 Dependent of F-1
Status for the student's spouse and children — with the rules and upgrade paths clearly mapped.
Learn more →M-1 Vocational Student Visa
Aviation, technical, and trade school training — with rules that differ sharply from F-1.
Learn more →J-1 Exchange Visitor Visa
Scholars, physicians, trainees, teachers, and au pairs — with 212(e) strategy built in from the start.
Learn more →J-2 Dependent of J-1
Spouses and children of exchange visitors — including work authorization for spouses.
Learn more →OPT (Optional Practical Training)
Twelve months of F-1 work authorization in your field — filed on deadlines that forgive nothing.
Learn more →STEM OPT 24-Month Extension
Two more years of F-1 work authorization — and two or three shots at the H-1B lottery.
Learn more →CPT (Curricular Practical Training)
Work authorization that is part of the curriculum — powerful when legitimate, risky when misused.
Learn more →J-1 Waiver — Two-Year Home Residency Requirement
Five pathways around 212(e) — including Conrad 30 for physicians.
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