I was wondering if anyone of you have had to apply for reinstatement after being out of status. One of my good friends here just had a problem here with that. According to him, he failed to receive a signature on the I-20 for the CPT approval and therefore worked  at the place of employement.He was registered for the class but the only thing that made him out of status was the missing signature on the CPT.He is a very good student and had no prior problem with immigration. He is graduating in december and this just happened few months back. He was asking me about this but I have no clue,I told him, I would post it here so people would help him out. So i am just asking any one if you have any experiences with this. They sent in the  paper work to USICS couple months ago and he is waiting to hear from him. The international advisor and his academic advsior both wrote a strong letter favoring him and supporting the approval of the reinstatement. But now he is panicking and asking my help but I donnt know what to tell him. If anyone reading this could help him out, we would appreciate it. Thanks