USICS刚刚发新notice了！感觉是个好消息？

USCIS Extends Flexibilities to Certain Applicants Filing Form I-765 for OPT

14-month OPT Period Flexibilities

F-1 students may participate in up to 12 months of post-completion OPT, which must be completed within 14 months from the end of their program. Due to the delays at the lockbox, some applicants may only be eligible for a shortened period of OPT within that 14-month period. To allow F-1 students to complete the full period of requested OPT (up to 12 months), USCIS will allow the 14-month period to commence from the date of approval of the Form I-765 for applications for post-completion OPT.

Beginning today, USCIS will approve applications for post-completion OPT with validity dates reflecting the same amount of time originally recommended by the designated school official (DSO) from their school on the Form I-20, Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant Student Status.

F-1 students requesting post-completion OPT who receive an approval of Form I-765 for less than the full amount of OPT time requested (not to exceed 12 months) due to the requirement that the OPT be completed within 14 months of the program end date may request a correction of the EAD due to USCIS error. USCIS will issue a corrected EAD with a new end date, as requested, to cover the full amount of OPT time recommended in the original application.

quote from:https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-extends-flexibilities-to-certain-applicants-filing-form-i-765-for-opt?fbclid=IwAR3Drt52BLxQS04ZZw2aoYRogeUNwUvRiFTcwYKXiHdazZK8540A4DpMei4
听起来是要是延误了，还是能保证你opt有12+2个月？

各位怎么看? 希望大家申请都顺利早日卡到手🙏顺求加米！谢谢

各位怎么看？

看起来意思就是整个opt period可以顺延到approval date + 12个月

然而对于已经有了offer正在等卡（然后害怕offer被取消）的人并没什么帮助...哎

这下他们更有理由慢慢批准的，我不觉得这是什么好消息，USCIS可以等，公司offer会等吗？

看来大家发声音的努力没有白费！赞

senorita 发表于 2021-2-27 07:00
看起来意思就是整个opt period可以顺延到approval date + 12个月

我觉得是这样的

JJNEEN 发表于 2021-02-26 14:59:05
然而对于已经有了offer正在等卡（然后害怕offer被取消）的人并没什么帮助...哎

是的，没有实际帮助，但是至少说明了律师和uscis的沟通有初步效果了。接下来的沟通关于提速或者conditional approval的事可能还是需要时间。。哎

Joey199002 发表于 2021-2-27 07:45
是的，没有实际帮助，但是至少说明了律师和uscis的沟通有初步效果了。接下来的沟通关于提速或者conditiona ...

太焦虑了T T而且很担心万一申请材料有个什么问题过一两个月才告诉我的话，重新申请又要一切重来...（现在很怀疑人生觉得哪里写错了...

真的巨害怕丢offer, 疫情期间找工作好难T T

希望他们对有offer的人能有个conditional政策啊

借楼回复一下诉讼进展：

感谢所有朋友的支持和帮助，来更新一下诉讼进展：
诉讼取得初步成果，USCIS于今天发表声明: USCIS Extends Flexibilities to Certain Applicants Filing Form I-765 for OPT
诉讼仍在继续，下周律师将和政府着重讨论解决OPT processing time过长的问题。
集体诉讼于02/16/2021 file到Ohio法院

还有两个重要的网站，可以查看Lawsuit进展：
Robert Cohen律师做的网站：OPT CLASS ACTION，用以向公众提供更新。
诉讼志愿者小组自己做的网站：OPT Action Logs，记录了志愿者小组每一次的行动，Lawsuit进程，OPT延误的FAQ等。

感谢Robert Cohen律师和所有付出努力的小伙伴🙏🙏🙏

JJNEEN 发表于 2021-02-26 15:51:20
太焦虑了T T而且很担心万一申请材料有个什么问题过一两个月才告诉我的话，重新申请又要一切重来...（现在很怀疑人生觉得哪里写错了...

真的巨害怕丢offer, 疫情期间找工作好难T T

是的，道理大家都懂，uscis的人未必也不懂，只不过他们不care而已……有些自己掌控不了的事只能祈求好运了。