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Saturday, March 13, 2021 On February 26, 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it was offering additional flexibility for international students affected by the delayed issuance of receipt notices for Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization. USCIS had previously acknowledged that it was “experiencing delays in issuing receipt notices for some applications and petitions filed at a USCIS lockbox facility,” and, in particular, “significant delays” for Form I-765 applications relating to F-1 students. As of March 11, 2021, all F-...

Synopsis The OPT allows foreign students to work in the country for 12 months after they graduate, which must be completed within 14 months of their program ending. The 14 month period will now commence on the date of the approval of Form I- 765 which is the application for post-completion OPT for applications filed between October 1, 2020 and May 1, 2021. Agencies In the last few years, India has been sending between 185,000-200,000 students to the US each year. In a move that would be beneficial to Indian students in the US, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced...