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[Stuart] Hey, everybody! Stuart Bradley here. I have a privilege visiting with Nalini Mahadevan. She is the principal and owner of MLO Law LLC. Nalini, I am so happy to be here with you.

[Nalini] Thank you! I was entering the United States as a non-STEM person. Once I finished my studies, then I would have one year opportunity of one year to work for an employer.

[Stuart] That's the OPT.

[Nalini] That's the OPT -- that's the optional practical training.

[Stuart] Does the choice of work for OPT...does that need to account for a specialization if you're to any, to any degree you said, if we're STEM or not STEM...? If I want to stay here and maybe work for the H-1B, does my choice of where I work on OPT matter?

[Nalini] Where you will go?Nope it doesn't matter but, but your OPT, the OPT needs to...

 [Stuart] We're trying to do our proper marketing here. Where's our MLO logo.. here we go, all right.

[Nalini] So OPT, in general, means that you only work in the are...