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Students who are approved for Post-Completion OPT must adhere to federal reporting requirements.
- *10 Day Reporting Rule
- During your OPT period, you must use the SEVP Portal to report all changes within 10 calendar days of when the change occurs:
- Employer changes that must be reported within 10 calendar days include
- Beginning a new job
- Adding an additional job to your current job
- Ending a job
- Changing to a different job
- Becoming unemployed
- Address changes that must be reported within 10 calendar days include:
- any changes in your residential address (where you live)
- moving to a new town, city or state
- changes in your employer address
- changes in your mailing address
- SEVP Portal & 10 Day Reporting Rule
- Please note - the SEVP Portal will not allow you to report anything that happened more than 10 days ago.
- If you do not adhere to the 10 day rule you will be unable to report at all.
- ex. you began a new job a month ago and forgot to enter it in the portal
- you log in to try to add the details and the system tells you that you cannot add it because the start date was more than 10 days ago
*Failure to satisfy these requirements will automatically invalidate the student’s F-1 status
- Travel Outside the US During Post-Completion OPT
- Travel outside the U.S. while your EAD is pending is not recommended
- When you reenter the United States during your OPT period you must have the following documents
- Employment Authorization Document (EAD) card
- Proof of employment (such a contract or letter from their current or prospective employer)
- Valid passport (with at least 6 months future validity)
- Valid F-1 Visa
- Printed hard copy of most recent I-20 document with a valid travel signature that is less than 6 months old