Travel Overseas on STEM Extension | International Scholar and Scholar Companies

In the STEM Final Rule, Department of Homeland Security states that college students at present on STEM Extension (or who’ve a STEM Extension software pending) might journey overseas and search reentry in F-1 standing. When touring exterior of the US on STEM Extension OPT, ISSS recommends you carry the next documentation upon reentry to the US:

• Passport legitimate for not less than 6 months past your date of reentry
• Valid F-1 Visa that allows a number of entries
• I-20 will a sound DSO journey signature on web page 2 (the signature is simply legitimate for six months from the date it was signed)
• EAD card
• Proof of employment that you’ll start or resume upon return out of your journey reminiscent of a job provide letter, work contract, or proof of fee from employer

Request a Travel Signature

If the journey signature on web page 2 of your most up-to-date I-20 has expired, you may request a brand new signature by finishing the Travel Signature Request within the ISSS Portal.

Travel While Application Pending

The rules state that your expired EAD card is actually prolonged for 180 days previous the top date whereas your STEM software is pending. When you might be touring, you’ll want to carry your expired EAD card, together with the gadgets listed above, and something you’ve obtained from USCIS in response to your pending STEM Extension software.