My brother got his I-20 CPT to work and he went to the office 2 days before the CPT authorization date came. Is that going to be an immigration problem? Internship with Qualcomm
Yes
Maybe
You guys give way too much credit for uscis. They are a bunch of old white folks not giving a shit about anything. They would much rather just spend as little time as possible on an application and move on. Who is going to fire them from a govt job.
But I mean, does CPT authorization do to USCIS for I-9 verification? When will they come into play ? Will his f-1 status be revoked because he went to meet his team a day before the authorization started?
Nothing will happen. They don’t consider a immigration violation unless you overstay your visa for 180 days plus. Less than that and there is no issue entering the country
Yes
He is trying to get the company to change the start date. But what can be done other then that?
Has it all turned out okay?
How did it turn out
No
You sure?
No. It is extremely unlikely they are going to waste resources tracking or auditing such minor violations. I would not worry too much about this.