We recommend that you begin working on your I-983 training plan for the STEM OPT extension application 4 months before your post-completion OPT EAD card expires and we will process your STEM-OPT ...

Can I continue working past the end date on my current OPT EAD card while my STEM extension is pending? Yes. If you have filed a timely STEM OPT petition with USCIS (prior to your current OPT expiry ...

You can apply for a STEM OPT Extension up to 90 days before the end of their first year of OPT. No earlier than the 90th day prior to the end of your EAD card. We recommend using this planning tool ...

A one-time 24 month OPT extension (for a total of 36 months ... OPT authorization is granted in the form of an Employment Authorization Document or EAD card. It is date specific but not employer ...

People on OPT who are being sponsored for H-1B by a cap-subject employer may sometimes be eligible for an automatic OPT extension called OPT cap gap. When eligible, this extension displays on page 2 ...

Cap Gap is the time between the official end-date listed on your Employment Authorization Document (EAD card) and the official ... not received and your OPT expires before June 1, you are eligible for ...

This means that beginning on the OPT start date printed on your original EAD card and continuing through the end date on your EAD for your STEM Extension, each day that you do not have a job counts ...

The employment start date on the new EAD card will be the day immediately following ... Students authorized for Pre-Completion OPT are not eligible for a STEM extension. Students who have already ...

What is the OPT STEM-Extension? The Optional Practical Training STEM Extension gives students an additional 24 months of OPT authorization if they have a U.S. degree in an approved science, technology ...

Click the following links to find information about the STEM OPT Extension or H-1B Cap-Gap Extension ... in the form of an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) card. You must attend an OPT session ...

A Cap-Gap extension is a regulatory provision that extends an eligible F-1 student's OPT or STEM OPT employment authorization past the OPT/STEM OPT end date based on an appropriately filed “change of ...

Complete the STEM OPT Extension I-20 Request Form and attach a copy of your: Complete and signed Form I-983 Training Plan; most recent EAD card; and documentation of the completion of your STEM degree ...