dear  friends, I am currently in OPT period which started from feb 15,2010, had applied for  PhD  but got rejection letters,  but thinking of filing political asylum, asked a lawyer, who suggested me to visit nepal ( as I am here for 3 yrs or more) , stay for a month or so, make documents in nepal, come back and file asylum.he sugggested me to make a fake job offer letter from any company ,does not matter how big or small and  then travel with that fake offer letter. 1.plz suggest me if I can take a risk and go outside the country in opt(  I still have visa) 2.  is there anyone who share the same story or file political asylum in opt by going outside the country.  3. kind response will be highly appreciated