My school stopped processing CPT applications. Has CPT been cancelled?
CPT has not been eliminated — after an August 2026 SEVP notice tightening review of CPT authorizations, some schools paused processing while they re-examined their own programs. CPT that is directly related to the major and an integral, required part of the degree program can still be authorized. Students already holding a properly issued authorization are not subject to any provision making it automatically invalid, though a school may re-review its programs.
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No — CPT is limited to training directly related to the major and integral to the degree program, and it cannot be authorized simply to give a student a job. Work that sits outside the official curriculum should not be the basis for a CPT request, and SEVP has said it will look at schools that authorize it anyway.
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