Posted by: pyaradeshbasiharu March 22, 2010
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" Can anyone can be without payroll during OPT extension? "
Absolutely not...
"I am planning to go back to school as I have few months left on my OPT"
Technically if ur Payroll is not run during the OPT extension , you are out of Status..
What counts as time unemployed?
- Each day during the period when OPT authorization begins and ends that the student does not have qualifying employment counts as a day of unemployment. The only exception is that periods of up to 10 days between the end of one job and the beginning of the next job will not be included in the calculation for time spent unemployed.
Students who receive a 17-month STEM OPT extension are given an additional 30 days of unemployment for a total of 120 days over their entire post-completion OPT period.
What types of employment are allowed for students during an OPT STEM extension?
- Students granted an OPT STEM extension must work at least 20 hours per week for an E-Verify-enrolled employer in a position directly related to the student’s STEM degree.
- STEM students may work multiple jobs related to their STEM degree, but all the employers must be enrolled in E-Verify.
- Students on an OPT STEM extension are allowed to volunteer, incidental to their status.This means that volunteer work is allowed but does not count as employment for the purpose of maintaining F-1 status.
Hope it helps