gemini42 Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 1. My wife is on F1 status. She is about to graduate in August 2015. 2. Me and my wife got EAD recently which is valid till Jan 2016. 3. She wants to apply for OPT can she do it without affecting our current EAD. What status will she be in if she doesnot apply for OPT. Will her status be valid. 4. Should she change back status to H4. Link to comment
pontevecchio Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 3. Why would she want F1 OPT instead of being able to work for any person in any field? 4. Why? Is she not awaiting AOS? Link to comment
rahul412 Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 What's the need of OPT when you have EAD?? She cannot get OPT now since she is no longer on F1. Link to comment
JoeF Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 The EAD allows her to work anywhere. Why would she want OPT??? Forget all the F1 stuff. She has a pending I-485 and isn't on F1 anymore. Link to comment
gemini42 Posted August 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 Thank you for the responses. I understood that she is not on F1 status. Link to comment
pingpong Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 Not sure why you want your spouse to be on F1 status. In my case my spouse was on F1 status with her OPT approved when her EAP/Advance parole based of my I 485 got approved. We continued with her OPT till the last day of her employment (You dont have to pay SSN, Medicare taxes while on OPT). We wrote to her school's DSO to update that after the last day of her OPT we will be using her Advance parole. DSO updated her Sevis record accordingly and we were all set. Link to comment
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