Work VisaMay 23, 2018
ExpediaThisismark

Immigration

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

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Salesforce IxIz10 May 23, 2018

No

Expedia Thisismark OP May 23, 2018

You sure?

Salesforce IxIz10 May 23, 2018

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.

IBM Brb. May 23, 2018

Yes

Expedia Thisismark OP May 23, 2018

He went to the office to meet the colleagues. Is that also considered illegal?

IBM Brb. May 23, 2018

Ah then its fine. Make sure pay check starts from cpt start date though.

Microsoft M$FT🥜 May 23, 2018

Maybe

Expedia Thisismark OP May 23, 2018

Even meeting colleagues before CPT is illegal?

Microsoft M$FT🥜 May 23, 2018

It’s all a matter of of what uscis can prove. Is there a paper that says the starting date was before the auth date ?

Apple John! May 23, 2018

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.

Expedia Thisismark OP May 23, 2018

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?

Apple John! May 23, 2018

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

Amazon 123raj May 24, 2018

Yes

Expedia Thisismark OP May 24, 2018

He is trying to get the company to change the start date. But what can be done other then that?

Intuitive YiVB26 Aug 29, 2023

Has it all turned out okay?

ETAS ktnt Jan 11

How did it turn out