Your authorization is automatically terminated if you transfer to another institution. OPT can be divided into shorter segments. A portion of OPT can be used during or after completion of one program and the remainder reserved for use during or after completion of another program. EAD s will be mailed to the address given on the Form I-765. It may take INS up to 80 days to process a Practical Training application.
Students are eligible to work for an indefinite period of time as required by the degree program.
However, if twelve months or more of full-time Curricular Practical Training authorization is used, eligibility for Optional Practical Training is lost. To be eligible for Practical Training, a student must maintain status for 9 months. Auditing courses, correspondence courses and in absentia registration are not considered toward full-time student status. You may begin to work only after your CPT has been authorized on your Form I-20. The name and course number of the internship or research course for which you will be earning credit, and the name of the professor supervising the course.