From: rdubey@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (Rakesh Dubey - grad student)
Subject: Re: Anyone had applied for Practical training before?
Organization: Washington State University!
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 20:35:49 GMT


Sandy,

The information is no longer correct. After yo complete the requirements
for your degree you are eligible for a one year, once only employment
authorization. You need not have any vaild job offer and either change
your visa status or leave the country after that year. There is nothing
that stops you from leaving US during that period.

This employment is authorized by INS.

-Rakesh

In article <1992Nov19.171542.22823@phcomgw.seri.philips.nl> grimaldo@tokyo.seri.philips.nl (Emilio Grimaldo) writes:
>hpyeo@IASTATE.EDU (Sandy) writes:
>: Hi, I have a question concerning Practical Training. 
>: 
>: I plan to apply for my practical training after I graduate this December. 
>: But I haven't been offer a job yet. I wish to go home for holiday and then
>: come back to look for a job. Will I have any problem getting my visa changes 
>: Sorry if my question is not clear. I tried my best to put it in words.
>
>   Hi Sandy, my name is Emilio and I went through the same problem years ago.
>   This is how it works: When you graduate you are allowed (by right I think)
>   to have PT for up to 1 year. You can ONLY accept (for the PT permit to be
>   legal) employment in your area of study so Electrical Engineers CANNOT
>   accept employment as programmers even though that subject is covered in
>   the curriculum. Then the PT is ONLY valid IF you have an offer. The PT is
>   partitioned in 2 6 month periods, if you do NOT get a suitable job offer
>   withing the first 6 months you LOSE the right to the 2nd period, so you
>   MUST land a job within the first 6 months after graduation (so if you go
>   on holidays you lose...), the time that passes is lost so if you get a job
>   after 5 months you can only use 7 months of PT.            
>
>   Once you get into your PT you have the next challenge, to get the company
>   to hire you and get the Green Card (if you consider it worth).
>
>   Then December, as far as I know when you graduate your F-1 visa expires
>   but not the right to PT, yet if you leave the country you will have to 
>   apply for another entry visa (tourist) and of course the people in the
>   consulate will obviously see what are your intentions and will most likely
>   deny your visa and you will lose your PT. You can better find out in more
>   detail but I am almost sure you will find yourself in the position where 
>   you must decide (that's life) whether you sacrifice Xmas holidays with 
>   your family and friends home for the opportunity to have PT in USA.
>
>   Once you lose your PT, you can a) attempt to get a green card b) get
>   married (a bad choice) or c) enroll into another program and when you
>   finish it you are again elegible for PT. You should have applied to the
>   IAESTE (deadline was Sept., at least in '89) for the opportunity to have
>   PT overseas (or Canada), that's what I did and that is how I ended 
>   accepting a job offer here in The Netherlands...
>
>    Hope this helps,
>		     Emilio
>		     "Was once in the USA..."
>		      Good Luck!
>
>: 
>: Thanks for any info that will be provided. 
>: 
>: 
>: Sandy
>: 
>: 
>
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Rakesh Dubey
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