博士毕业(还不算毕业) 可以用硕士的学位证申请STEM OPT Extension嘛?

find_advice 发表于 2021-05-13 09:54:07
据说abd申extension，这种情况下uscis会找学校要成绩单，询问答辩进展情况，会不会被卡？如果工作之前拿了个master，但是搞的phd abd opt，可否直接用master stem申e

其实我没听说过USCIS查答辩进展的。。。很多人abd开始工作后就默认quit了，甚至永远不毕业。USCIS只说了abd可以opt+stem，并没有任何要求说在这期间对于学位必须有任何进展。

Approve博士等级opt后就不会再被approve更低学位的opt和stem：https://iso.mit.edu/knowledge-ba...-pursue-in-the-u-s/

If you applied for OPT at a particular level, and that application was approved by USCIS, whether you actually worked on that OPT authorization, it would count as OPT used at that degree level and you would not be eligible to apply for or be approved for OPT at the same degree level or at lower degree level. 

putout 发表于 2021-5-14 02:41
其实我没听说过USCIS查答辩进展的。。。很多人abd开始工作后就默认quit了，甚至永远不毕业。USCIS只说了ab ...

https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov ... tension-eligibility

Under certain circumstances, an F-1 student may use a prior STEM degree from a currently accredited SEVP-certified school to fulfill this eligibility requirement. To use a prior degree to qualify for the STEM OPT extension, the F-1 student must:

Have received their most recent degree (which does not need to be STEM-related) from a currently accredited Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP)-certified school.
Have received their prior, qualifying STEM degree* (at the bachelor's level or higher) within 10 years of applying for the STEM OPT extension with USCIS.

不行的，只能在拿到学位后两个月申请，过期不补的。

find_advice 发表于 2021-5-13 13:49
https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov ... tension-eligibility

我知道这个，可是其中写的：
- Have received their most recent degree。。。。
- Have received their prior, qualifying STEM degree。。。
所以应该是有两个学位，必须最近的学位have received后才能用之前的学位qualify。楼主如果博士没毕业那就必须要求这里可以most recent degree = prior degree。我觉得这个疑点还是不比USCIS之前有官方文件说可以ABD申STEM说的清楚。

我觉得写这个说明的人可能没想到会有post-completion OPT而没毕业的ABD例外。