新的居留规定对我们的影响？

看了一些移民局新发布的关于计算居留天数的规定，有一点很不解。

The day after completing the course of study or program, including any authorized practical training plus any authorized grace period;

就是grace period似乎在新的规定里被视为非法居留, 将记入非法居留天数，然后这个天数将影响以后的签证申请和身份转化。

我感觉这是个非常严重的事情阿，就是说以后必须没有任何gap，毕业之后opt必须马上生效，且拿到ead卡开始工作，似乎按现有情况是不可能的。

大家怎么看？

新闻地址：
https://www.uscis.gov/news/news- ... d-exchange-visitors

LZ的英语理解能力捉鸡

Individuals in F, J, or M status who fail to maintain their status on or after Aug. 9, 2018, will start accruing unlawful presence on the earliest of any of the following:      

• The day after they no longer pursue the course of study or the authorized activity, or the day after they engage in an unauthorized activity;
• The day after completing the course of study or program, including any authorized practical training plus any authorized grace period;
• The day after the I-94 expires; or
• The day after an immigration judge, or in certain cases, the BIA, orders them excluded, deported, or removed (whether or not the decision is appealed).
  

很显然grace period是不算的啊。。不然还叫grace period干啥

"Individuals in F, J, or M status who fail to maintain their status on or after Aug. 9, 2018"

至于什么算"fail to maintain"，这里有解释 https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/maintaining-status
基本上都是常识了，保持fulltime学分，不打黑工，有情况跟学校ISSS密切联系，基本都不会"fail to maintain"

理解反了，grace period including

结论就是：没有影响

会不会影响挂靠CPT做full-time么？算不算fail maintain F1 status？ 作为一个抽H1B抽三年都没有的人，很是忧伤。

如果严格执行会对挂靠CPT有影响，理论上Day1 CPT是违法的，然后这个memo如果通过，并且从内容上来看貌似是可以回溯的，那unlawful presence就是从你挂靠的时候开始算， 超过180天遣返并且3-10年不允许入境

任何practical training的grace period都合法。