Fees

Post-Completion OPT Fee – Nonrefundable $200 fee to cover 12 months of support services during Post-Completion OPT.

Employment benefit requested from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and International Services for use after graduating from Clemson University.

OPT STEM Extension Fee - Nonrefundable $200 fee to cover 24 months of support services during OPT STEM Extension.

Employment benefit requested from U.S. Department of Homeland Security and International Services for use following period of post-completion OPT. The STEM OPT extension is a 24-month period of employment authorization directly related to an F-1 student's program of study in an approved STEM field.

OPT STEM Annual Evaluation – Nonrefundable $200 fee to cover review of OPT STEM Annual Evaluation.

Each STEM OPT student must complete and submit to their DSO an annual self-evaluation describing the training experience's progress, material changes to current employment, and change of employers.