Immigration Law

USCIS RELEASES RULE EXTENDING F-1 PRACTICAL TRAINING TO 29 MONTHS

By Greg Siskind

But before you jump for joy, this only applies if you have an employer using E-Verify and you must be in a profession in the sciences, technology, engineering or math. This will potentially give a big boost to the electronic verification system and I'll have much more to present on E-Verify soon.

The other major news from the rule is a new cap gap provision that grants an automatic two month work and travel extension for those in F-1 status who are waiting on an H-1B October 1st start date.

I'll be covering this important news in greater depth over the weekend so check back. In the mean time, here's the USCIS press release.

Download ead_rule.pdf

Full post as published by Greg Siskind's Blog on April 04, 2008 (boomark / email).