Anyone has the same situation? Applying study permit but in grace period?

[yxjason]

I received AIP recently but I am currently in grace period of my I20 now and it will be ended in October. If I wanna apply for new I20, I need to register for classes. But the problem I will take classes for both American and Canadian colleges. What should I do now?

 

[primaprime]

Well, where do you want to be? The US or Canada?

 

[vsmkrm298]

I received AIP recently but I am currently in grace period of my I20 now and it will be ended in October. If I wanna apply for new I20, I need to register for classes. But the problem I will take classes for both American and Canadian colleges. What should I do now?

You can probably apply for OPT and that should extend your legal status in USA beyond the grace period

 

[yxjason]

You can probably apply for OPT and that should extend your legal status in USA beyond the grace period

I think that is too late to apply for OPT

 

[yxjason]

Well, where do you want to be? The US or Canada?

Canada

 

[phuongdong]

I received AIP recently but I am currently in grace period of my I20 now and it will be ended in October. If I wanna apply for new I20, I need to register for classes. But the problem I will take classes for both American and Canadian colleges. What should I do now?

You should apply for F1-OPT during the grace period. It takes 450$ for an application. I contacted my Office of International and requested for the new I-20 OPT, and it takes only 4 working days to have it issued (though I do not know about ur school, it may depend). Anyway, you can be legally present in US while waiting for the final decision for OPT. And one thing that I have to reveal you is that the time processing for I-20 OPT is now similar to waiting for study permit (taking forever....). I have applied since April, and now it is still pending (Good Sign!!!). So you should take advantage of having it pending to be legally in the US while waiting for ur Canada visa.

 

[yxjason]

Is it too late

You should apply for F1-OPT during the grace period. It takes 450$ for an application. I contacted my Office of International and requested for the new I-20 OPT, and it takes only 4 working days to have it issued (though I do not know about ur school, it may depend). Anyway, you can be legally present in US while waiting for the final decision for OPT. And one thing that I have to reveal you is that the time processing for I-20 OPT is now similar to waiting for study permit (taking forever....). I have applied since April, and now it is still pending (Good Sign!!!). So you should take advantage of having it pending to be legally in the US while waiting for ur Canada visa.

Is it too late to apply for OPT?

 

[vsmkrm298]

Your OPT application should reach the US department of homeland security by the last day of your grace period. So, depending on your situation, it might not be that late to apply for OPT.

 

[phuongdong]

Is it too late

Is it too late to apply for OPT?

No, it is not late to apply during grace period. But remember that your application has to reach Dept. Homeland before the last day of ur grace period.