15 students are arrested; OPT reporting requirement

千万不要虚假填写OPT

根据美国移民和海关执法局(ICE)的调查,有15名国际学生因虚假报告雇主信息而未能达到OPT要求,因此被捕。在15名学生中,有11名是印度国民,两名是利比亚国民,一名是塞内加尔国民,另一名是孟加拉国国民。

被成功批准的OPT参与者具有移民法规要求的职责,其中一个就是如实报告。因此,如果您正在使用OPT或要申请OPT,请仔细查看OPT报告要求。这将帮助您避免不必要的司法事件。

内容摘要

OPT报告要求

SEVP更新

OPT报告有两个重要要求。首先,当学生通过OPT找到工作时,他们应该通过“学生和交流访问者计划”(SEVP)更新其雇主信息。如果无法在网址提交信息,可以联系DSO(指定学校官员),DSO可以代表他们提交信息。在SEVIS上更新至关重要,因为SEVIS会计算失业总天数。尽管该学生没有达到90天的失业日,但如果他或她不更新门户,则SEVIS记录将自动终止。这也可能影响学生将来的移民福利。

以下是来自USCIS(美国公民和移民服务)的有关SEVP更新的参考:

Aliens in F-1 nonimmigrant status may update their employer information through the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) Portal, a tool that allows F and M aliens participating in post‑completion practical training to report accurate and timely information directly to SEVP. DSOs may update the information in SEVIS following the instructions to add, edit, or delete the OPT employer.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

SEVIS will count each day without employer information toward the total number of unemployment days allowed. Failure to update employer information in SEVIS to reflect that the alien is employed may result in any or all of the following actions:

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • 外国人超过了失业限制,是无法维持F-1非移民身份,因此除非他们在授权逗留期内处于其他状态,否则将被要求离境;
  • 如果他们超过了失业限制,则SEVP将其SEVIS记录设置为“终止”;
  • 美国公民及移民服务局(USCIS)如果超过了失业限制,则启动针对外国人的《就业授权文件》的撤销程序;和
  • 超出的失业限额对移民向USCIS提出未来福利要求产生负面影响。

For more information about the SEVP Portal, including step-by-step instructions and videos, visit the SEVP Portal Help section on the Department of Homeland Security Study in the States website. See the Unemployment Counter page on the SEVIS Help Hub for information about SEVIS unemployment calculations.

学生信息更新

OPT参与者的第二责任是,如果他们的姓名,地址,电话号码有任何变化,他们需要在10天之内让DSO知道如果。然后,DSO需要在21天内更新SEVIS记录。此要求也适用于F学生,因此它更像是对非移民学生签证持有人的扩展责任,而不是针对OPT的特定规则。

The regulations require a student to report “any change of name or address, or interruption of such employment to the DSO for the duration of the authorized training,” and for the DSO “to reflect these reported changes for the duration of the time that training is authorized.”

ICE OPT Enforcement Actions

被捕学生

在ICE(美国移民和海关执法局)内,国土安全调查(HSI)-反恐和刑事剥削股(CTCEU)调查了自2017年以来的非移民滞留问题,导致这15名非移民学生被捕。这项调查称为“操作性幻觉-Operation OPTical Illusion,“针对非移民学生的欺诈行为,这些学生欺骗性地使用了选修实践培训(OPT)计划留在美国”。

The agency will continue to vet students who gained new employment through OPT for compliance with their nonimmigrant status. Any identified leads will be reviewed for potential future enforcement.

ICE arrests 15 nonimmigrant students for OPT-related fraud

根据NAFSA的ICE OPT执法行动,另一个项目还发现ICE将3300名学生中的1100名认定为“此处身份不在状态” 。

在这1100个中,现在已经发送了700封信,通知“他们的工作许可证将被吊销”,其中400个已接近其OPT的期限,以致其EAD不会被吊销。

ICE OPT执法行动

最重要的是,当您参加OPT时,报告和保持有效的签证状态很重要。不要轻视它,因为它可能导致严重的司法行为。

相关阅读1:申请OPT所需的文件
相关阅读2:OPT签证资格
相关阅读3:OPT进度查询; 我的EAD多久寄到?
相关阅读4:EAD地址更改,延迟交付

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