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Anybody knows if we can start our job without OPT? I have applied for it but not sure if i will receive it on time to start my job. Is there any way to expedite it or work the other way around?

kaji sahab

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it is illegal to start working before you have the card in your hand. you could call USCIS and REQUEST them to expedite, but that is only a request and most of the time it is not honored.

beyourself

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thanks kaji sahab for the suggestion...anybody else?

Jai_Nepal

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Kaji is right. if you start w/o the card you might be denied an H1B later. dont take that chance. Take a vacation for a while.

bengaltiger

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You can't work without the OPT card in hand. I also had the same problem. USCIS took exactly 3 months to make a decision on my case (regular, no RFE or anything). Unfortunately my requested starting date was 2 weeks earlier than the decision date. I thought USCIS would make adjustment on the starting date, but they didn't. So I lost 2 weeks of my OPT time. This was in January 2010.

A friend of mine also had the same problem this fall, but USCIS somehow adjusted his starting date. I don't understand how USCIS operates.

beyourself

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Bengaltiger, thank you for the information, so in your friends case, what did he do exactly to adjust the timing? Did he call USCIC?

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