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Changing Employers with Pending STEM OPT Extension

1 hour ago By Chief Editor

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How do you handle changing employers while a STEM OPT extension application is pending?

FAQ Transcript

To prevent a denial, an active E-Verify employer is required when USCIS adjudicates the application. Upon securing new employment, complete a new Form I-983 and immediately upload it along with an explanatory cover letter as unsolicited evidence to the pending application on the USCIS online portal.

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DHS Has Ended the Duration of Status for Students. Here Is What the Regulation Actually Says

3 months ago By Rajiv S. Khanna

For more than thirty years, an F-1 student's Form I-94 has carried two alphabets where a date should be: D/S. Duration of status. Stay as long as your program lasts, keep studying, keep your I-20 current, and the clock never runs out.

Those two alphabets are gone.

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Rajiv's Comments in the News - US eyes fixed visa term for foreign students: How it may put lakhs of Indians on tighter clock

1 year ago By Chief Editor

Published by: Moneycontrol - July 02, 2025

https://www.moneycontrol.com/world/us-eyes-fixed-visa-term-for-foreign-…

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Curricular Practical Training CPT

5 years ago By Rajiv S. Khanna

Jump to Can CPT be a good way to gain experience in addition to or instead of H-1B?

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USCIS Releases Fact Sheet for ELIS and the SEVIS Form I-20

14 years ago By Editor

Background

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will transition from a paper-based model to a secure, electronic environment. This new user-friendly system is called the USCIS Electronic Immigration System (USCIS ELIS).

Introduction

USCIS ELIS is an easy-to-use system designed to modernize the application process for immigration benefits. It will also provide more accurate, convenient, and secure customer service and allow USCIS to process cases with greater efficiency and consistency.

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