Posted by: narayanghatko_keto August 8, 2007
urgent OPT help needed
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I applied for post studies completion OPT in Feb and received the card in May. My OPT started from 14th of May. In Feb i was in last sem of my degree ( I took took graduation walk in MAY even though i had not received all of my grades at that time). And at the same time i was working full time in OPT. My problem is that my grades were posted in JUNE and i was told that in 1 of the courses i had less grade which would not allow me to graduate and have a degree and i have been asked to repeat the course this fall. Since i am in OPT i was asked to get permission from International office in my school. Now, they say that i need to cancel my OPT and get a new i-20 issued from school to complete that 1 course. They say that since its a post completion OPT they have to cancel it in order to allow me to take that 1 course and complete my degree. And they say i need to have a new i-20 generated as in my old i-20 the date of completion of degree has been already been marked as june 14 2007 and the i-20 has expired. I am in dilema, i looked in most of the school websites to find out if classes can be taken even though i am in post completion opt or not.....most of them have the info as i can take the classes. but my college advisors do not agree. I could not find any info regarding that in USCIS site. So if anybody could help me with the correct info, i would be highly appreciated.Further do i need to have a new i-20 to take that 1 course requirement? thanks,
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