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False Us With Opt In Cuyahoga
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You are still considered to be in F-1 student status while on OPT and will continue to use your F-1 visa stamp for any travel during your OPT period. To maintain status on OPT, you must either work at job(s) directly related to your major/level of study or actively seek employment in your major/level of study.
Post-completion and STEM OPT: You are eligible to travel abroad on a temporary basis (less than 5 months) and re-enter the U.S to continue employment. Please review our OIE's Travel Guidance Website to learn of the documentation we encourage you to carry with you when attempting to re-enter the U.S.
If you will be outside of the U.S. for more than 5 months, you will be required to get a new I-20 prior to returning to the U.S. Immigration regulations state that a stay outside of U.S. within 5 months is considered a break in F-1 status.
Students on post-completion OPT may have up to 90 days of unemployment. The 90 days start counting from your approved OPT/EAD start date (not the recommended start date nor the program end date on your I-20) and are cumulative. If you accumulate 90 days or more of unemployment, you are in violation of your F-1 status.
The five month rule refers to the termination of a student's record in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) based on the student being away from classes or not in status for five months.
Traveling while on OPT or OPT STEM Extension The student must not have exceeded the maximum OPT unemployment or OPT STEM Extension unemployment time and must not have been absent from the US for more than 5 months.
With an approved OPT application and your EAD card, you may travel internationally, and request entry into the U.S in F-1 status when you return, both before or after the start date on your EAD card. I-20 with OPT recommendation and an unexpired travel signature (signature valid for six months when on OPT).
However, the only emails the government will send students related to the portal are to create their SEVP Portal account or to reset their password. The sender of the email will be do-not-reply.SEVP@ice.dhs .
Comments Section If the portal link isn't working it is a technical issue that needs to be fixed. Contact SEVP. If you can't log in your DSO needs to reset your account. Otherwise keep the DSO updated in the meantime. They can enter information for you to stop the clock.
However, the only emails the government will send students related to the portal are to create their SEVP Portal account or to reset their password. The sender of the email will be do-not-reply.SEVP@ice.dhs .