Thesis and OPT Extension.

 Effective October 6, 2013 - students who only have the thesis or equivalent remaining in the STEM degree may either apply for pre-completion OPT , post-completion OPT while completing the thesis/dissertation and if they are **NOT** done with the thesis /dissertation during the 1 year post completion OPT they can still **go ahead** an apply for the 17 month extension. However - as is always the case the time period utilized in the pre-completion OPT will be reduced from the 1 year post completion OPT.