Posted by: techGuy April 29, 2008
OPT extension
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it should according to new rule

  • Under this rule, the F-1 status of students is automatically extended when the student is the beneficiary of an H-1B petition for the next fiscal year (with an October 1 employment start date) filed on his or her behalf during the period in which H-1B petitions are accepted for that fiscal year.
  • The automatic extension terminates when USCIS rejects, denies, or revokes the H-1B petition.
  • If the H-1B petition filed on behalf of the student is selected,  the student may remain in the United States and, if on post-completion OPT, continue working until the October 1 start date indicated on the approved H-1B petition.
  • The student may benefit from this provision only if he or she has not violated his or her status.
  • Lets hear from other people who knows more..though

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