国际学生校友

The 国际学生和电子游艺信誉排行 (ISS) Office has gathered several resources that will be helpful during your HMC career. Please use the information on these pages to make processing requests to the ISS Office. As always, please do not hesitate to contact the ISS Office at dso@70nd.com 如果你需要任何帮助.

可选的实践训练系统扩展

The STEM OPT extension is a 24-month period of temporary training that directly relates to an F-1 student’s program of study in an 批准的STEM领域. On May 10, 2016, this extension effectively replaced the previous 17-month STEM OPT extension.

Eligible F-1 学生 with STEM degrees who finish their program of study and participate in an initial period of regular post-completion选择 (often for 12 months) have the option to apply for a STEM OPT extension. 学生 may not apply for STEM OPT extensions during the 60-day grace period following an initial period of regular post-completion选择.

STEM OPT延期资格

申请24个月STEM OPT延期, an F-1 student participating in an initial period of regular post-completion选择 must:

  • Have a degree in an eligible STEM field from a Student and Exchange 访问or Program-certified school that is accredited when the student submits their STEM OPT extension application to USCIS.
  • Pursue their STEM OPT extension through an employer that is enrolled in USCIS’s e - verify系统 就业资格验证计划.
  • Select a STEM OPT employer that provides the student with formal training and learning objectives.
  • 每个雇主每周至少工作20小时.

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报告要求

There are reporting requirements associated with STEM OPT extensions.

Employers must report to the relevant DSO (indicated on the Form I-983) when an F-1 student on a STEM OPT extension terminates or otherwise leaves their employment before the end of the authorized period of OPT. The employer must report this change to the appropriate DSO no later than five business days after the student leaves employment. For more information about employer requirements, please visit USCIS’s 雇主报告要求页.

STEM OPT 学生 must report to their DSOs every six months. 作为报道的一部分, STEM OPT 学生 must confirm the validity of their Student and Exchange 访问or Information System information, 包括:

  • 法律名称.
  • Address.
  • 雇主名称及地址.
  • Status of current employment/practical training experience.

For more information, 请浏览 USCIS reporting requirements pages for 学生.

STEM OPT 学生 must do an annual self-evaluation and must report to their DSO about the progress of the training experience. 学生 must sign the self-evaluation prior to submitting it to the DSO, 谁会把它记在学生的记录里.

Both the student and employer are obligated to report to the student’s DSO any material changes to, 或者物质偏差, 学生的正式培训计划.

For more information about reporting requirements associated with the student’s training plan, 请浏览 表格I-983概述页.

失业

DHS allows STEM OPT 学生 an additional 60 days of unemployment during the 24-month STEM OPT extension period.

This is in addition to the 90-day maximum period of unemployment that 学生 are allowed during the initial period of post-completion选择. 学生 who obtain a 24-month STEM OPT extension are therefore allowed a maximum of 150 days of unemployment.

If a student completes one period of OPT (including a STEM OPT extension), and then pursues a second period of OPT on the basis of having earned a second degree at a higher educational level, the student will be able to benefit from the rule’s authorized 90-day and 150-day periods of unemployment (as appropriate) at both educational levels.

换句话说, a student receives unemployment eligibility each time they participate in a period of post-completion practical training (including STEM OPT).

Cap-Gap扩展

学生配合及时归档 H-1B 请愿书和请求 身份变更 可申请领取“Cap-Gap“延长他们的F-1身份, 如果适用的话, 完成学业后的OPT就业许可.

The Cap-Cap extension allows such 学生 to automatically extend the duration of their F‑1 status and any current employment authorization until the first day of the new fiscal year (i.e.10月. 1 of the fiscal year for which H-1B status is being requested).

企业家精神和雇主-雇员关系

F-1 学生 cannot qualify for STEM OPT extensions unless they will be bona fide employees of the employer signing the Form I-983 because F-1 学生 may not provide employer attestations on their own behalf. 然而, STEM OPT applicants can participate in a start-up or small business so long as all regulatory requirements are met. The employer that signs the Training Plan must be the same entity that employs the student and provides the practical training experience.

These requirements mandate that the company remains in good standing with e - verify系统 and has the resources to comply with the proposed training plan.

探索 STEM OPT中心 to find more information and additional STEM OPT resources for 学生, 学校官员和雇主.