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确认您的STEM OPT状态

你必须从STEM OPT开始之日起每六个月确认一次STEM OPT的使用, until the end of the 24-month STEM extension. 请将您目前雇主的姓名和地址以及您目前的居住地址报告给ISSO. Failure to report will terminate your STEM OPT status.

资格

主修STEM(科学)专业的学生, 技术, 工程和数学)专业的学生可以申请额外延长24个月的OPT授权. 你可以在完成后OPT结束前90天开始你的STEM延期申请, and it must be received by USCIS before your current OPT expires. 收到你的申请后, 在等待新的stem批准的含铅卡期间,您可以继续工作长达180天. 看到 the text on your I-797 Receipt Notice for details.

  • 天文学
  • 生物化学
  • 生物科学
  • 化学
  • 计算机科学
  • Economics (Quantitative Economics track only)
  • 工程
  • 环境科学 & 政策
  • 地球科学
  • 数学
  • 数理统计
  • 神经科学
  • 物理
  • 心理学
  • 统计 & 数据科学

额外的信息

申请STEM OPT

  1. Collect your application documents (see list in next dropdown).
  2. 电子邮件ISSO 表格i - 983 由您和您的雇主填写 澳门葡京博彩软件的OPT申请表.
  3. 除了, 通过电子邮件发送I-765的草稿,用于STEM OPT申请(用于在线申请), 在上创建帐户 美国入籍与移民服务局.政府 website and create a draft I-765 application, but 不提交. 在“审查和提交”页面, 点击标题为“查看草稿快照”的链接下载在线I-765申请的PDF文件. If you prefer to mail your application by post, the I-765表格 仍然是有效的表格).
  4. ISSO will review these documents and will then email you a new I-20, extending your employment dates and recommending your STEM OPT扩展. We will keep your I-983 and your OPT Request Form for our records, since you are not required to mail them as part of your STEM OPT application.
  5. Once you receive your new I-20 with our STEM OPT recommendation on page 2, 在上传到你的在线申请或在你的纸质申请中附上一份之前,一定要打印它并在第一页上签名. 
  6. Once your application is complete, submit it to USCIS. USCIS must receive this application within 60 days of when we issue the new I-20, and before the last date of your Post-Completion OPT.

完成STEM OPT I-765的提示

  • 如果任何字段需要额外的空间,请在第6部分:附加信息中使用空格.
  • 纸张申请: USCIS指示指出,表格上的所有问题都必须完整准确地回答. 如果某个问题不适用于您,请键入或打印“N/ a”或“none”,除非另有指示.
  • Reason for Applying: Even though STEM OPT is an extension of work authorization, it's a new eligibility category and therefore another initial application.
  • OPT STEM extension eligibility category: (c)(3)(C).
  • 纸张申请:  If you answer "No" on question 14, you do not need to fill in questions 15–17.
  • 旅行 Document: For use only for those who are unable to obtain a passport.
  • 抵达信息:信息应与打印的I-94记录和旅行历史相符. 如果没有,请联系ISSO.
  • SEVIS ID: Provide all previously used SEVIS ID numbers. 如果您有多个SEVIS ID, "additional information" sheet (page 7) can be used to list prior records.
  • Degree: Provide degree level and major (for example, bachelor’s degree in English)
  • 雇主信息:确保与你的雇主核实他们的公司名称是如何在E-Verify中列出的, and provide your employer’s E-Verify Company 识别 Number, or a valid E-Verify Client Company 识别 Number in the spaces provided. 雇主的电子验证号码应来自其人力资源或法律办公室,而不是EIN(雇主识别号码)。. If you need additional space, you can use Part 6: 额外的信息!
  • 纸张应用如果这些资格类别不适用于您,请将问题29-31留空.
  • 纸张应用用黑色笔在“申请人签名”下签名,并确保在空白区域内签名! Stamped or typewritten signatures are not acceptable.

填写I-983的提示

查看来自 留学美国-美国移民局网站.

第5页:这些评估应该在你的STEM OPT延期1年和2年的时候完成. You do not need to submit them with your STEM OPT扩展 application, 但是当你的2年延期过了一半的时候,你需要把它们提交给ISSO, and again at 2 years or whenever you finish your employment with the company, 先到者为准.

表格I-983提交给澳门葡京博彩软件ISSO,但不包括在最终申请的USCIS.

组装材料

组装以下组件, 并上传到您的在线应用程序, 或者是纸质申请, 按此顺序附在左手边. 看到 i - 765的指令 欲知详情.

  • 最近护照尺寸(2 " x 2 ")颜色 照片(年代). Online applicants only need one photo to upload. Applicants mailing documents will need two photos, and should write their name & I-94 number LIGHTLY in pencil on back of 每一个.
  • 410美元的付款
    • 网上申请者可以用信用卡支付. The last step after payment information is submission, so be careful not to submit before you're ready!
    • Mailed applications should include a check or money order 开给你.S. 美国国土安全部(Department of 首页land Security.S. 银行账户).
    • Alternatively, if you prefer to mail and pay by credit card, please fill out Form G-1450 代替支票或汇票. Please double-check all numbers and don’t forget to sign your form; we've seen quite a few rejected applications as a result of mistakes on this form
  • (只适用于纸张申请) 形式g - 1145. For email and/or text message notifications about updates to your application.
  • 完成,签署了 Form I-765
    • 在线申请人通过点击链接页面中的“在线文件”按钮填写,并在USCIS在线创建帐户. 在申请的“审查”部分有一个名为“查看草稿快照”的小链接,其中显示了您的I-765纸质副本的预览PDF.
    • 在线申请人将通过USCIS申请网站的适当页面上传所有证明文件.
  • 所有你的 过去I-20s that show work authorization (prior CPT or OPT).
  • 签署的新合同副本 阀杆选择i-20 from ISSO, signed by you (either electronically or in blue pen).
  • Copies of any documentation about previous status, if applicable. If you applied for a Change of Status to F-1 within the United States, include notification forms (this is uncommon). 请注意:如果您以游客身份访问美国,并在以学生身份入境之前离开, you DO NOT need to include documentation about these types of travel.
  • 的副本 聘任书 (可选)
  • 你的 澳门葡京博彩软件成绩单, showing your major as a STEM-extension eligible field.
  • 当前或以前的副本 含铅 (OPT卡),正面和背面. Include any other 含铅s from other institutions or education levels, if applicable.
  • 你的身份证复印件 护照的 照片页.
  • 最近的副本 F-1入境签证 (F-1签证可能过期)(可选).
  • 你最近的 I-94 入境记录.

Make copies of all documents you submit for travel purposes.

配送信息

如果你是在线申请,一切都可以在你的在线申请门户网站上提交. 但是,如果您使用纸质申请,则需要将您的物理包邮寄给USCIS. The most updated mailing address can be found on the 美国入籍与移民服务局网站, under Foreign 学生, and you are looking at category (c)(3)(C) for STEM OPT. If you have questions, please contact Dean Caitlin or Claire. 

如果您已经创建了 USCIS网上账户, 一旦收到您的申请,您将收到通知,并在USCIS批准后(12周以上)再次收到通知. You will also be mailed a hard-copy receipt notice. 当你的申请被批准时, 他们会把工作许可卡直接寄到你的邮寄地址.  请注意:与完成后OPT不同, you may continue to work while your STEM OPT application is pending. 你的纸质收据可以证明你的工作许可证在有效期届满后自动延长至180天, or until your application is adjudicated by USCIS, 以较早的为准.

一旦您收到新的STEM OPT卡并在STEM领域工作,您就有报告责任.

You must confirm your STEM OPT usage to Smith every six months. 现在在你的日历上做个记号! 请将您的地址和就业信息(雇主)发送给我们, 职称, 雇主地址). 当您通过两年延期的一年标志时,您还必须向ISSO提交自我评估(I-983的第5页), and again at two years or whenever you finish your employment with the company, 先到者为准.

There are additional restrictions surrounding employment using your STEM OPT.

  • 每个新雇主都需要一个新员工 表格i - 983. ISSO必须在你开始新职位之前收到你更新的I-983.
  • Every employer must be an e-Verify employer.
  • Self-employment is not allowed during STEM OPT.
  • You must work a minimum of 20 hours per week for 每一个 你在STEM OPT上的雇主.
  • STEM OPT不允许无薪工作.
  • 第三方雇主(人力资源、临时代理机构和咨询公司)只有在为学生提供实践培训经验的实体,并且与学生保持真诚的雇主-雇员关系的情况下,才有资格使用STEM OPT. 更多信息可在 USCIS STEM OPT网站 或在 在美国学习.

在完成后OPT期间,你最多可以失业90天. If there are any days remaining at the end of your authorization period, those unemployment days will roll over into your STEM OPT authorization. 此外,STEM OPT还提供60个额外的失业日,总共最多150天.

A STEM OPT扩展 can be based on two scenarios:

  • 作为学生当前完成后12个月标准OPT期基础的学位
  • 先前在美国机构获得STEM学位,未使用STEM OPT延期. 即使该学位是由与当前I-20所显示的不同的机构授予的,也可以使用该证书.

If you plan to utilize a prior degree as the basis for your STEM OPT, 该学位必须来自美国机构,并且是在过去10年内授予的. Please note: If you use a STEM OPT extension, the practical training opportunity MUST relate to the STEM-eligible degree.

先前学位的用法:

  • 该学生获得生物学学士学位. Student decides not to utilize their STEM OPT.
  • Student then completes an MBA program (which is a non-STEM program).
  • Student utilizes 12 months of Post-Completion OPT based on the MBA program.
  • Student can then apply for a 24-month STEM OPT extension, 基于生物学学位, as long as the qualifying job relates back to the Biology major.  (STEM OPT工作和先前学位领域之间的关系应该与当前的签证担保人一起确定, 谁将处理STEM OPT申请.)

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