Misconceptions About OPT and EAD
The first step is you have to apply for a new I20 and you have to decide a date for this. This date is the same date your EAD would have on it and your unemployment days start too. And how do you select this date? For example your I20 expiry date is jan 1st 2024, you can select your date within 60 days after Jan 1st or 90 days prior to jan 1st. March 1st would be the be the last day you could select. And what date should you select totally depends on you. If I was you I would choose feb 1st week because jan would be very early and if you don’t have a job your days would be wasted. And if you choose march and you get a job in feb then you wouldn’t be able to work till march. To be on a safer side I would suggest feb would be an ideal date for you to select. So it’s basically a trial and error method. Suppose you choose feb 19th as you I20 date, the university would give you an I20 starting from Feb 19 2024 till feb 18th 2025 that is correctly 1 year extension. The grace period of...