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• Employment must be related to the field of study
• Must work at least 20 hours a week
• Employment can be paid or unpaid

• You are required to submit a copy of your Employment Authorization Document (EAD). You will submit an "OPT/STEM OPT EAD Card Submission" request to OGS within the .
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• You are required to submit the following requests within 10 days of the change to the :
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    Contact Information Update for U.S. Home Address and Permanent Foreign Address.
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    OPT/STEM OPT Employment Reporting for New Employment, Change of Employer, and Unemployment.
  • 
    Update F-1 Biographical Information for Legal Name Changes.
  • 
    Change in Immigration Status.
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    Permanent/Final Departure from U.S.

General instructions to navigate the Employment Reporting request in ISSS:

• Log into the ISSS portal, Click the rightmost tab titled Office of Global Services Requests
• Click on the "OPT/STEM OPT Employment Reporting" button.
• Click on the line item displayed under the "Select OPT Employment Period" dialog box
• Click on “Post completion OPT”

Instructions for specific cases:

1. To report you have started a new employer:

• 1. Click on the red + button
• 2. Submit the request using the reason code “New Employment”
• 3. Fill out all the employer information on the Questionnaire
• 4. Check all the boxes and then submit the employment reporting

2. To report changes to your current employment (change of position, change of working address, changes for supervisor etc.):

• 1. Click on the existing employment record (do not click on the red +)
• 2. Submit the request using the reason code “Changes to Existing Employment - Material Changes"
• 3. Make the desired changes and then submit the request

3. To report you have departed your employer:

• 1. Click on the existing employment record you want to depart
• 2. Submit the request using the reason code “Changes to Existing Employment - I have departed from my Employer
• 3. Enter the departure date and submit the request

*For all employment reporting during your post-completion OPT, no documents are needed. The I-983 training plan is only for STEM OPT.

*It is recommended you request a Reprint I-20 after you have updated your employment history. 

• Employment must be related to field of study
• Must work at least 20 hours a week
• Employer must be e-verified
• Employment must be paid
• A completed Form I-983 training plan must be completed
• Must be a bona fide employee of the employer completing the Form I-983 training plan

• You are required to submit a copy of your Employment Authorization Document (EAD). You will submit an "OPT/STEM OPT EAD Card Submission" request to the Office of Global Services within the .
  • 
• You are required to submit the following requests within 10 days of the change to the :
  • 
    Contact Information Update for U.S. Home Address and Permanent Foreign Address.
  • 
    OPT/STEM OPT Employment Reporting for New Employment, Change of Employer, and Unemployment.
  • 
    Update F-1 Biographical Information for Legal Name Changes.
  • 
    Change in Immigration Status.
  • 
    Permanent/Final Departure from U.S.
• You are required to submit "STEM OPT Validation Report" requests in the every six months after the beginning of your STEM OPT period (even if no changes have occurred):
  • 
    STEM OPT Validation Report
  • Six-month validation (6 months after the beginning of your STEM OPT period)
  • 12-month validation (12 months after the beginning of your STEM OPT period)
  • 18-month validation (18 months after the beginning of your STEM OPT period)
  • 24-month validation (24 months after the beginning of your STEM OPT period)
• You are required to submit the self-evaluations from Form I-983 every 12 months after the beginning of your STEM OPT period and at the end of any employment, in addition to the 12- and 24-month deadlines. Evaluations are submitted within the "STEM OPT Validation Report" requests to the :
  • Evaluation of Student Progress—Form I-983, Page 5 (12 months after the beginning of your STEM OPT period)
  • Final Evaluation of Student Progress—Form I-983, Page 5 (24 months after the beginning of your STEM OPT period and at the end of any employment on STEM OPT)
• You are required to resubmit a new Form I-983 if there are any material changes to your training plan under your current employer or if you change employers. New Forms I-983 should be submitted within the "STEM OPT Validation Report" requests to the .

General instructions to navigate the Employment Reporting request in ISSS:

• Log into the ISSS portal, Click the rightmost tab titled Office of Global Services Requests
• Click on the "OPT/STEM OPT Employment Reporting" button.
• Click on the line item displayed under the "Select OPT Employment Period" dialog box
• Click on “STEM”

Instructions for specific cases:

1. To report you have started a new employer:

• 1. Click on the red + button
• 2. Submit the request using the reason code “New Employment”
• 3. Fill out all the employer information in the SEVIS Employment Questionnaire
• 4. Upload the new I-983 form with your new employer (page 5 should be blank)
• 5. Check all the boxes and then submit the employment reporting

2. To report changes to your current employment (change of position, change of working address, changes for supervisor etc.):

• 1. Click on the existing employment record you wish to modify (do not click on the red +)
• 2. Submit the request using the reason code “Changes to Existing Employment - Material Changes”
• 3. Make the desired changes in the SEVIS employment questionnaire
• 4. Make the desired changes in your I-983 form and upload the updated form in the documents section
• 5. Submit the request

3. To report you have departed your employer:

• 1. Click on the existing employment record you want to report your departure
• 2. Submit the request using the reason code “Changes to Existing Employment - I have departed from my Employer”
• 3. Enter the departure date
• 4. Upload Final Evaluation on Student Progress (I-983 form, page 5, bottom section)
• 5. Submit the request

*It is recommended you request a Reprint I-20 after you have updated your employment history. 

You are required to submit "STEM OPT Validation Report" requests in the every six months after the beginning of your STEM OPT period (even if no changes have occurred):

STEM OPT Validation Report

• 6-month validation (6 months after the beginning of your STEM OPT period)
• 12-month validation (12 months after the beginning of your STEM OPT period)
• 18-month validation (18 months after the beginning of your STEM OPT period)
• 24-month validation (24 months after the beginning of your STEM OPT period)

For 12-month and 24-month validations only, the following documents need to be uploaded:

• For 12-month: I-983 Form; Evaluation on Student Progress (page 5, top section)
• For 24-month: I-983 Form; Final Evaluation on Student Progress (page 5, bottom section)