Gohtalo, So, you are applying for your h1B this year. I think this is also not a bad option for us. However, the downside of this is we donot have time for job search and have to go to desi consultancies, which may not be the occupation of our interest. Latoboy and Hsinam, Is it mandetory that we have to leave this country after the 60 days grace period. In my case the gap is 90 days. I heard that if we did premium processing, we can stay in US without working. Not sure though! The international service here make us apply for OPT once the course work is finished. We must take 3 cr. min. in the last sem which I am doing now. So, they say that even if I defer my graduation for fall or summer, I must apply for OPT now. thats why every thing is screwed up. Any more opinions guys??