This blog post sums things up well - http://blog.cyrusmehta.com/2016/03/suffocating-the-foreign-entrepreneur-under-the-new-stem-optional-practical-training-rule

This blog post sums things up well - http://blog.cyrusmehta.com/2016/03/suffocating-the-foreign-entrepreneur-under-the-new-stem-optional-practical-training-rule.html http://blog.cyrusmehta.com/2016/03/suffocating-the-foreign-e... Whilst it's pretty great that the extension was increased from 17 months to 2 years, you now have to prove an employer-employee relationship, which is significantly more limiting than the previous iteration.