Hi,
When I filed the form I-765 for the OPT, I had already specified that is was a Post completion OPT. So, doesnt missing the completion date lead to problems ?
-s
>no problems whatsoever. Do not enroll full-time, that's all. You are >in
>F-1 status for another year, and will not have problems graduating at
>the end of October. As a graduate student you have a choice of
>precompletion OPT and postcompletion OPT. In your case it's going to
>be a precompletion OPT.
>>I am on an F-1 visa doing a Ph.D. and I recently received my OPT. My
>>OPT states my graduation date (or completion date) as 30th Sept, 2005
>>and my employment start date is given as 1st Oct, 2005. I was about
>>defend on 25th and get ready to take up my new job when my advisor
>>dropped a bomb shell and told me that I cant graduate till end of
>> Oct.
>>I talked to the international office at my school and they told me
>>that I could continue as a graduate student after 30th Sept, although
>>they "DO NOT RECOMMEND" it. They are being very foggy about why they
>>do not recommend it.
>>Can someone tell me the near-term and long-term implications of not
>>graduating before the graduation date specified on the OPT ?
>>Thanks in advance,
>>-s
When I filed the form I-765 for the OPT, I had already specified that is was a Post completion OPT. So, doesnt missing the completion date lead to problems ?
-s
>no problems whatsoever. Do not enroll full-time, that's all. You are >in
>F-1 status for another year, and will not have problems graduating at
>the end of October. As a graduate student you have a choice of
>precompletion OPT and postcompletion OPT. In your case it's going to
>be a precompletion OPT.
>>I am on an F-1 visa doing a Ph.D. and I recently received my OPT. My
>>OPT states my graduation date (or completion date) as 30th Sept, 2005
>>and my employment start date is given as 1st Oct, 2005. I was about
>>defend on 25th and get ready to take up my new job when my advisor
>>dropped a bomb shell and told me that I cant graduate till end of
>> Oct.
>>I talked to the international office at my school and they told me
>>that I could continue as a graduate student after 30th Sept, although
>>they "DO NOT RECOMMEND" it. They are being very foggy about why they
>>do not recommend it.
>>Can someone tell me the near-term and long-term implications of not
>>graduating before the graduation date specified on the OPT ?
>>Thanks in advance,
>>-s