300northstate
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I am working full time right now using my OPT which expires June 12, 2006.I am planning to apply for the H-1B visa to work from Oct 01,2006 onwards. I also wanted to work from June 13,2006 to Sept 30, 2006 and needed a valid status. So, I got enrolled in a school that has a Co-operative program(CPT) that lets students to work legally while they are in school. I have already been issued an i-20 and my school starts June 12th onwards. This CPT would authorize me to work from
June 13,2006 to Sept 30,2006.
I thought I had everything planned out till I met my lawyer. He informed me that he would have to submit my i-20 along with the application for the H1-B visa. Now the problem is that my i-20 still does not have CPT authorization written on it and will take about a month to get the authorization mentioned on it.
My lawyer had initially wanted me to apply for the H1-B only after I had the CPT authorized on the i-20. But now he says that we can apply with i-20 that I have now that does not have the CPT authorization stamped on it. He says that the USCIS would get back to us if they needed proof of the CPT authorization and we could provide it then. And he says that I have to apply for the H1-B visa before my OPT expires.
Now my questions are:
1)Do i really have to send my i-20 with my application for the H1-B visa?
2)Does it matter if my i-20 has or does not have the CPT authorization mentioned on it?
3)If it is necessary to have the CPT authorization mentioned on the i-20, and if I apply without the authorization are there any chances that my H-1B visa application will be rejected outright without they coming back and asking for the authorization or more documentation?
4)Do I have to apply for the H1-B(with i-20 included) before my OPT expires if i want to have my status current and continue working even after the OPT expires.
June 13,2006 to Sept 30,2006.
I thought I had everything planned out till I met my lawyer. He informed me that he would have to submit my i-20 along with the application for the H1-B visa. Now the problem is that my i-20 still does not have CPT authorization written on it and will take about a month to get the authorization mentioned on it.
My lawyer had initially wanted me to apply for the H1-B only after I had the CPT authorized on the i-20. But now he says that we can apply with i-20 that I have now that does not have the CPT authorization stamped on it. He says that the USCIS would get back to us if they needed proof of the CPT authorization and we could provide it then. And he says that I have to apply for the H1-B visa before my OPT expires.
Now my questions are:
1)Do i really have to send my i-20 with my application for the H1-B visa?
2)Does it matter if my i-20 has or does not have the CPT authorization mentioned on it?
3)If it is necessary to have the CPT authorization mentioned on the i-20, and if I apply without the authorization are there any chances that my H-1B visa application will be rejected outright without they coming back and asking for the authorization or more documentation?
4)Do I have to apply for the H1-B(with i-20 included) before my OPT expires if i want to have my status current and continue working even after the OPT expires.