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    • Updating Your Address and Employment Status while on OPT

    While you are on F-1 OPT, your are required to report information to your school about your employment. Please complete the form below any time any of the following change:

    • Your residential address
    • Your employer's name and address
    • Any changes in your employment (ending a job, changing jobs)
    • If you change your immigration status (for instance, to H1B)
    • OR if you leave the U.S. and will no longer be using your F-1 OPT

    If you apply for and receive the 17 month extension of OPT, you will have to report the above AND you will have to complete the OPT report form every six months during the 17 month extension even if your employment has NOT changed.

    You must fill out this form even if you are NOT currently employed. Please click here to read more on the limit placed on unemployment while on OPT and what to do about it. Please see directions below on how to complete the employment information.

    F-1 OPT Student Report Form

    Personal Information

    Last (Family) Name:
    First (Given) Name:
    Middle Name:
    SEVIS number(upper right corner of I-20, starts with "N"):
    Current Email Address:
    Are you still living in the U.S.? (If not, please enter "no" and submit form):
    Are you still in F-1 Status? (If not, please specify new status and submit form):

    Current Residential Address
    (This must be a physical residential address and not a PO Box)

    Street Address:
    Street Address:
    City, State, Zipcode (all three are required):

    OPT Employment information

    OPT case number: (You can find the OPT case number listed on your OPT receipt notice or on the OPT card itself--usually starts with "EAC")
    OPT card start date:
    OPT card end date:
    OPT degree field name (the degree you just received from Cornell):
    Are you employed?** (Yes or No): Please click here to read more about what counts as "employed" and for the limit on unemployment while on OPT, click here.
    Your Job Title:
    Employment Start Date:
    Employment End Date (if no longer employed):

    Employer Information

    Employer Company Name: **If you are doing research for your Cornell professor, please put "Cornell University" here as your employer. If you are self-employed, put "self" here. If you are truly unemployed, please write "Actively Seeking Employment" here. Please click here to read more about what counts as "employed" and for the limit on unemployment while on OPT, click here.
    Employer Street Address:
    Empolyer Street Address:
    Employer City, State, Zipcode:
    Supervisor's Name (First and Last): (If you are doing research for your Cornell professor, please put your Cornell professor's name here as your supervisor. If you are self-employed, please leave this field blank.)
    Supervisor's Phone Number:
    Supervisor's Email:

    17 Month Extension Information

    Have you applied for the 17 mo. extension?:
    If you have applied for the 17 mo extension, what is your Employer's E-Verify number?: