[求大米] OTP 相关知识

楼主最近听了学校ISSS的关于OPT的讲座，把笔记分享给大家，希望能有帮助，顺便。。。求大米啦～
以下是正文部分。希望大家可以多多和学校ISSS保持联系，update自己的状态。

[align="left"]All off-campus jobsrequire work authorization (paid or unpaid).[/align]
[align="left"]F1[/align][align="left"]Post-completion opt:submit form to ISSS 110 days before graduation, to USCIS will accept 90 daysbefore[/align][align="left"]Processing time is3-5 months[/align]
[align="left"]Apply to ISSS:[/align][align="left"]Academic Advisorscertification form[/align][align="left"]Memorandum ofUnderstanding[/align][align="left"]Check the check liston ISSS website[/align]
[align="left"]60 days of graceperiod to begin post opt. the first day until 60th day can be the start date ofOPT[/align][align="left"]Choose a later dateis better. If early, USCIS will take the first date when they approved.[/align]
[align="left"]Can change employersat any time may work for multiple employers, as long as all employments isrelated to the study field. Accumulated at least 20 hours per week.[/align]
[align="left"]90-days unemploymentrule[/align][align="left"]Report employmentchanges to ISSS all the time. Failure to report employment info will make itappear like you have exceed unemployment days, will terminate F1.[/align]
[align="left"]Report changes toISSS:[/align]

• Report address or contact information within 10 days of the change (company names, locations, worksites)
  
• Update my personal email address replace unc emails in SEVP portal.
  
• Completion of F1 opt
  
• Change of status of H1-B
  

[align="left"]How to report:[/align]

• Create an SEVP Portal account, once opt approved, receive email from SevP
  
• Will be given a link to a website
  

[align="left"]STEM OPT[/align]

• 24 month extension
  
• CIP code for degree must be on DHS STEM destination list
  
• Employer and student complete form 983
  
• 90 days before the opt end date, list on EAD
  
• Apply to ISSS for I-20 110 days before end date, and have 180 days after the end date to work, after I20, then apply from USCIS
  
• Checklist on ISSS website
  
• Report permanent leave from US
  

[align="left"]STEM ParticipationValidation Reports:[/align][align="left"]Verify every 6months[/align][align="left"]Evaluation ofStudent Progress:[/align]

1. And 24- months, on page 5 of form 983
   

[align="left"]Travel while on OPTor OPT STEM:[/align]

• Travel signature on form 1-20 less than 6 months old with employment information listed
  
• EAD don’t travel during grace period, after programs over and before get EAD
  
• Job offer letter
  
• F1 stamp
  
• Passport valid for at least six months from date to re-entry
  

[align="left"]types of sponsorship:[/align][align="left"]H1B, J1, TN, O1...[/align]
[align="left"]Keep documentations,to confirm the actual date of employment, travel etc, to help employment. Printi94 entering US.[/align]
[align="left"]Ask directly toimmigration attorney's or HR Specialist who are assigned. Or immigrationlawyers[/align]
[align="left"]H1B[/align]

• Six-year minimum stay,
  
• 65,000 annual
  
• Part time or full time
  
• Cap subject employers: petition filed on April 1 for a start date of Oct 1
  
• Cap-Gap extension of OPT
  

[align="left"]Workafter end of opt until H1B start date, Oct 1; or failed the H1B, end that date.[/align]