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If your OPT has been approved, and you have your EAD card, you can travel internationally. You can re-enter the U.S. in F-1 status before the start date or after the start date of your EAD card. Proof of Employment During OPT: Job Offer Letter.
If you are authorized to participate in pre-completion OPT, you may work (20 hours or less per week) while school is in session. You may work full time when school is not in session.
If an H-1B petition filed for an F-1 student with a cap-gap extension is denied, rejected, revoked, or withdrawn, the student will have the standard 60-day grace period (from the date of the notification of the denial, rejection, revocation, or withdrawal of the petition) to depart the United States.
Travel While OPT or OPT STEM Extension is Pending Travel during the OPT application process is allowed, but not recommended as it poses certain risks.
Yes. You can travel on F-1 status, presuming that you have a valid F-1 visa, an I-20, and if on OPT valid EAD, and employment offer letter, and your travel is before the cap-gap period has commenced.
You must be physically present in the US at the time you submit your OPT application.
If you work illegally, you will lose your student status and you would not be able to get that reinstated. And even if they don't bust you now, if it ever comes out, you would not be able to get any type of status through employment after that through marriage to a US Citizen.
Yes, you may travel abroad while working on an OPT. You must have an unexpired EAD, be working for the OPT employer and be otherwise be admissible. It becomes a bit more complicated if you have an H1B application pending, in which case you should consult with your H1B attorney prior to planning any travel abroad.
Contact the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate, or call: 1-888-407-4747 from the U.S. and Canada. +1 202-501-4444 from outside the United States.
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