Category Archives: F-1
OPT Unemployment Period
In 2008 the Department of Homeland Security changed certain rules on the implementations of Optional Practical Training (OPT). The OPT rules are particularly important to many F-1 students as they may need the period of time to stay in OPT before they can apply for change of status to other nonimmigrant status such as H-1B [...]
OPT Extension Under H-1B Cap-Gap
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently provided Q&As to address the questions on automatic extension of F-1 student status in the United States for those students who have petitions to change their status from F-1 to H-1B of employments starting October 1, 2010 under the H-1B cap of fiscal year 2011.
OPT Extension under 2012 H-1B Cap