立志去美國 Let's go to USA

(疫情當下，在美國的我們或許有些人開始擔心移民政策是否有因而變動，Jack Sung律師的講座讓大家一探究竟，值得來看一看) 2020-05-09  COVID-19 專題講座 - Immigration changes (by Jack Sung) ·        Due to social distancing, the department of  immigration may become more effective and will continue to accept new applications. However, fingerprint and interviews were temporarily canceled which means the interviews for some positions may not be necessary at this moment. ·        Trump's order will only affect the applications that had been sent out for a while and those who applied for green cards OUTSIDE the US. ·        The Department of  Labor  ( 勞工局 ) will continuously accept new applications under COVID-19. ·        COVID-19 may affect advertisements for jobs that companies may need to repost those ads to let more people see their posts. ·        Medi...

(OPT是美國學位攻讀完畢後，可以合法留在美國找工作與工作的一項居留權，並非一個簽證。目前不論是否為STEM領域，一開始都是先發OPT一年，而STEM領域可以後續延長到三年) 九月參加了UWM學校國際學生辦公室(CIE/ISSS)舉辦的OPT講座，以下是來自講座中的筆記，供預計會使用到OPT的朋友們參考： 1. OPT is NOT a VISA 2. OPT includes Pre-completion OPT and Post-completion OPT. 3. To use Post-completion OPT, you need to have at least 1 year F-1 status. 4. Also, to apply Post-completion OPT MUST NOT have used 12 months of full-time CPT or more. 5. Early time to get involved in OPT: dissertation status. (Dec. 10) 6. Basically, 90 days before program completion and 60 days after program completion. 7. Don’t need a job to apply OPT (need at least 90 days to process, and typically it is 110-120 days) 8. An EAD card is issued by USCIS (after the average 90-day processing time) 9. OPT starts with 1 year period on both non-SETM/STEM 10. Since OPT starts, you have to get a job within 90 days during your first 1 year OPT period. 11. If you lose your job during the 1 year, you will have (90 – X) days sinc...