请教一个H1B approved之后STEM OPT申请问题

H1B已经approved了，filed as change of status。H1B petition filed 之后到approved之前，为了保险律师我有叫律师帮我准备申请stem opt的材料。材料已经准备好了，我已经跟了我学校要stem opt的I-20，还没issue。

昨天我的H1B was approved，然后我发邮件问律师stem opt还有没有必要申请。得到的回复是：
“In my opinion, it is still a good idea. It provides a safety net. Is it absolutely necessary for you to remain work authorized? No. Your H-1B will provide you with cap gap between now and October 1 and keep you work authorized. But, the STEM provides a bit of a safety net for you. The only thing to be aware of is that because the STEM would be the most recent thing to have been filed, you would likely be considered to be in STEM OPT status. So, we would likely want have you travel and re-enter on your H-1B when travel becomes doable again. ”

不是很能理解

• 即使“STEM would be the most recent thing to have been filed”，难道十月一号之后H1B不会自动override STEM OPT? 为什么还要离境再重新入境。（严重怀疑律师在诓我申请STEM OPT好拿钱）
• 如果学校给我issue了stem opt i-20，但是我不用的话，会不会有什么问题？
  

hjgzb 发表于 2020-5-23 05:47
如果10月1日前，被裁员，怎么办？

我对都申请没有任何意见，我也觉得都申请更保险。主要是律师说“The only thing to be aware of is that because the STEM would be the most recent thing to have been filed, you would likely be considered to be in STEM OPT status. So, we would likely want have you travel and re-enter on your H-1B when travel becomes doable again.” ，这个太扯了。我明明就是要在境内生效，为啥申了stem opt就要我出境再入境才能转换status。

如果10月1日前，被裁员，怎么办？

我觉得律师完全是瞎说。STEM OPT又不是change of status. 10/1以后你的change of status to H1 kick in 以后，没用完的opt就作废了。

我反正都申请了，H1B也approved了，多申请STEM OPT就是怕出什么幺蛾子，前段时间几个议员提交的提案不是还没有结论嘛，谁知道H1B会不会受到影响

那如果travel一直不feasible呢？

lz file h1b的时候没要stem opt的i20吗？ 我看见几个帖子都说了要了这个材料 我自己现在是h1b还没file还在准备stem opt但我的h1b律师也没跟我提这个

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移动城堡的哈尔 发表于 2020-5-23 05:35
我反正都申请了，H1B也approved了，多申请STEM OPT就是怕出什么幺蛾子，前段时间几个议员提交的提案不是还 ...

都申请我也没有问题的。主要是律师说“The only thing to be aware of is that because the STEM would be the most recent thing to have been filed, you would likely be considered to be in STEM OPT status. So, we would likely want have you travel and re-enter on your H-1B when travel becomes doable again.” ，这个太扯了。我明明就是要在境内生效，为啥申了stem opt就要我出境再入境才能转换status

serein 发表于 2020-5-23 05:39
那如果travel一直不feasible呢？

是的，非常奇怪。没听过filed change of status，还需要出境再入境的。所以来这里确认一下