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Hi Everyone, I am on F1 Visa currently working on OPT. I am working with Amazon but I failed to update my SEVP Portal with this information. Due to this I got a mail from my university that that my SEVP account has been terminated and I need to either move back to India or enroll as a student. Now I do not know what to do. I have reached out to my university. Can someone guide me. I have spoken to SEVP official and they have redirected me to the process of reinstatement. #OPT #Reinstate #SEVP
I got a mail from my university saying that since I did not provide employer information, I have reached maximum number of unemployment days permitted on F1 Visa and the options they gave me was to either travel back to India, or enroll as a student again or speak to lawyers.
Could you explain more about accruing unemployment days beyond the limit. I am employed already. Just did not report the employment
I spoke to the university and since it is Friday they asked me to reach out to them on Monday. Meanwhile, I have shared my offer letter and all other information with them. If they are unable to reinstate this, do I need to leave the country
If they don't reinstate SEVIS, you are out of status and can't really change status to anything else, with few exceptions like marriage to US citizen, asylum or U-visa. I would say talk to Amazon about this situation ASAP in case you need to transition to work from your home country.
Will Amazon suspend my employment till the reinstatement starts
They have to by law. But if you hide this from them and they find out later, you will not be coming back to Amazon. In addition this may hurt your future applications for immigration benefits. There will be questions if you have ever violated immigration laws. If you answer yes, you'll have to explain and that may decrease thr chances of approval. If you lie and USCIS finds out later, even when you are a citizen they can even revoke citizenship and deport you. Concealing material facts on immigration form can destroy everything you've worked for many years down the line. Not worth a risk.
Are you on initial opt and forgot to update your employment on the sevis portal within 10 days
Yes
Please let me know if you have more input on this
Try enrolling in a school maybe? You could be allowed to start working on Day 1 using CPT as long as you meet the requirements. Talk to your DSO.
Amazon doesn’t allow day 1 CPT.
In the current administration, if you are out of compliance, you may _never_ come back. Make sure you are not out of compliance...
Hope this gets resolved, but I hope you know how easily avoidable this situation was. You have to be on top of things like this, as an immigrant in this country. I’ve had friends lose internships cause they didn’t know they had to file for OPT/CPT. I know someone who got arrested for speeding and couldn’t get an h1b , cause they didn’t think speeding was a big deal. All very easily avoidable mistakes. Please be aware and careful and there’s always people willing to answer questions if you ask them.
H1b denied for speeding? No way that is true unless they were drunk.
What Are The Consequences Of Criminal Speeding In Arizona? Criminal speeding is a class 3 misdemeanor. The maximum penalty is 30 days in jail, a $500 fine plus an 83% surcharge, and up to one year of probation.
OP can you tell us what happened?
What is sevp portal ? Is this something new ? I just emailed everything to my student advisor.
Depends on school. Purdue doesnt require you to upload on sevp but it requires you to inform them on dsp portal
Talk to your University DSO ASAP