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OPT Reporting Requirements

OPT Reporting Requirements

While on OPT, you are required to go along your SEVIS tape up-to-engagement and study sure information to maintain your F-1 status (come across more than details below). You will apply BIO's online Pupil SEVIS Update (SSU) Hub  to update your accost, employment information, and whatsoever other status reports. The information you enter into the SSU Hub will be stored and maintainedby Berkeley International Office and is used just for reporting to SEVIS, as mandated by federal regulations.

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Educatee SEVIS Update (SSU) Hub

Creating/Accessing your SSU Hub Account

When accessing the SSU Hub for the first time, you'll need to "Create an account" using your Pupil ID Number, SEVIS ID Number (the N00... on the top of your I-20), and an email that you will continue to have access to. If using a Berkeley electronic mail, please make sure that you won't lose admission to it (you tin can "claim" it here). You lot volition be able to create your own countersign. Delight retain this for time to come logins.

For future logins, you'll need your Student ID number, SEVIS ID number, and the password you lot created. If you need to re-gear up your countersign, you can do and then yourself (the password re-set information will be sent to the email accost that y'all originally used to sign-up).

• Yous will be able to create an SSU Hub account every bit soon as BIO has recommended you for OPT.
• You lot will lose access to your SSU Hub account when your SEVIS status is no longer Active (i.e. threescore days after your OPT ends, upon SEVIS transfer out, or upon Modify of Status blessing).
• If yous take trouble accessing SSU, delight email seviscoordinator@berkeley.edu.

SSU Hub vs SEVP Portal

The Student Exchange Visitor Programme (SEVP) has an online system called "SEVP Portal" for students on OPT. On Twenty-four hours 1 of your approved OPT, you will receive an email fromSEVP with instructions on how to create an account.This is optional. Berkeley International Office will Non utilise the SEVP Portal for OPT reporting purposes. TheSEVP Portal DOES Not supercede BIO's own REQUIRED reporting organization, for OPT students Student SEVIS Update (SSU) Hub.

We ask that ALL UCB students on OPT use ONLY the BIO SSU Hub for all OPT reporting requirements and utilise SEVP Portal equallyview-just. DO NOT make edits to SEVP Portal, every bit this may cause data discreprancies. If you cull to study information in SEVP Portal you must Also study the EXACT SAME data the BIO SSU HUB.

Advantages to using ONLY our BIO SSU Hub include:

1. Y'all only accept to report your information in one place.(if you lot report in SEV{ Portal, you must also update SSU Hub.)
2. A BIO international student adviser volition review and check your information for accuracy before sending it to SEVIS. The SEVP Portal has no such bank check.
3. When you Add a new employer in SSU, we will automatically update your employment and send yous a new I-xx inside 5 business days via email.

12-Month OPT Reporting Requirements

While on your 12-calendar month OPT, you lot are required to...

Update your OPT employment or student personal information within x days of the change to Berkeley International Part online through our Pupil SEVIS Update (SSU) Hub.

The following information must be reported to Berkeley International Office during the mail-completion OPT period of dominance within 10 days of any changes:

• Your residential accost
• Your phone and email address
• Employer'south name
• Employer's accost
• Job Title(s)
• Explanation of how your job(s) relates to your major area of study at UCB (run into following section for further detail)
• Offset and/or end dates of employment
• Any periods of unemployment
• Appointment of exiting the U.S. (Y'all must provide date of exit if you determine to exit the U.Due south and complete your OPT status prior to the stop date of your OPT)
• If your visa status changes while on OPT

You are required to update this information insideten days of whatsoever changes.Proceed a receipt copy of the web site each time you report a modify.

Direct Relationship Between Employment and the Major Area of Study

Federal regulations require that F-1 students on OPT provide a description of how their employment relates to their major surface area of study. There must be a logical connexion between the duties involved in the practical training opportunity and the pupil'south major area of report. In the written description, the regular duties should be explained and the connectedness between those duties and the caste should exist described (run into examples below).

UCB students on OPT will provide this description every bit office of their employment information in the Student SEVIS Update (SSU) Hub

Sample Explanations of a Directly Relationship
(Source: https://www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis/pdf/optDirectlyRelatedGuidance.pdf)

1. Bachelor'due south caste in Electrical Engineering: I work full time as an Electrical Engineer at ABC Corp., a authorities contractor. In my task, I analyze client requirements for electrical systems and provide them with cost estimates of such systems. My work requires agreement of electrical circuit theory, which I studied in-depth at the University of ABC.

ii. Bachelor's caste in Business organization: I work full time every bit a Loan Officeholder at a mortgage company, Happy Homes, where I run across with clients and evaluate, authorize and recommend approval of loan applications. On a daily footing, I utilize the knowledge I gained in my credit analysis, sales and marketing classes that I took every bit part of my major program of study.

three. Principal'south degree in Music: I am working at a hospital playing the harp in patient rooms. I also conduct hands-on harp beginner workshops for long-term patients. On average, I piece of work at the hospital 35 hours a week. My duties direct utilize the skills and noesis I acquired from my coursework and degree in music therapy.

iv. PhD in Calculator Science: I am employed equally a Figurer and Information Research Scientist at ABC Inquiry Institute. I piece of work every bit function of a team of scientists and engineers that designs experiments to test the operation of various software systems. My work builds on research in complex algorithms and machine learning, which I studied as office of my dissertation.

5. Master'south degree in Kinesiology: I am working 25 hours a week in a health food store equally a consultant for Self-Made Inc., designing and teaching do classes that are incorporated into a client's overall nutrition and practice program. My designs and client teaching draw upon my studies and classwork in practice therapy and physical reconditioning.

Reporting changes to an existing employer OR Adding a new employer

If you lot accept reported your employer information in the BIO SSU Hub and there are subsequent changes to your employment data with that employer, you must study these changes in the BIO SSU Hub within ten days.

Changes to written report past editing the existing employer entry  in SSU:

• Employer'south address
• Chore Title
• Explanation of how your job(south) relates to your major surface area of study at UCB
• Beginning and/or terminate dates of employment

Changes to written report past calculation a new employer entry  in SSU:

• Employer name change
• Modify between part-time (fewer than 20 hours/calendar week) and full-time (20 or more hours/week) condition

  Instructions for adding a new employer entry in SSU due to employer name change or alter of part-time/full time status:

1. Click Edit side by side to your current employer line. Add an cease date to this employment record. The end appointment should be the last date that your company used the original name or the last day of your previous part-time/total-time status. If you are not certain of an exact date, use an judge appointment.
2. Adjacent, in the employment section of SSU Hub, click Add together. Make full in information on your "new" employer. This should include the new/current visitor name and the new/current part-time/full-time status. The showtime date should be day after your previous employment "ended" - the offset date that these changes came into result. Fill up in the rest of the data as required.
3. You'll receive a new I-20 via e-mail in 5 business days with the new  employer.

24-Month STEM Extension OPT Reporting Requirements

While on your 24-month Stem OPT, yous are required to...

Update your Stalk employment or student personal information within 10 days of the change to Berkeley International Office online through our Pupil SEVIS Update (SSU) Hub. Compared to your 12-month OPT period, there are several additional requirements while on STEM OPT. Additional details about these requirements are outlined below.

The following information must be reported to Berkeley International Office during the STEM OPT catamenia of say-so within x days of whatever changes or reporting deadlines:

• Your residential address
• Your phone and email address
• Employer('s) proper noun
• Employer('s) address
• Job Title(s)
• Caption of how your task(s) relates to your field of report at UCB
• Start and/or end dates of employment
• Any periods of unemployment
• Textile Changes to your I-983(run across below for details)
• Validation Reports every 6 months(meet below for details)
• 12-Month Evaluation I-983(see below for details)
• Final Evaluation I-983 at the end of each employment(come across below for details)
• 24-Month Last Evaluation I-983(see beneath for details)
• Date of exiting the U.S. (You must provide engagement of exit if yous make up one's mind to exit the U.South and complete your OPT status prior to the terminate date of your OPT)
• If your visa status changes while on OPT

Changing Employers While on STEM OPT

If you change employers during your 24-Month STEM catamenia follow these instructions (no fee required):

1) Log into SSU and practise the following:

1. Update your address/phone/email.
2. Upload a copy of your STEM EAD.
3. Add together the new employer data and upload a new I-983 course for the new employer. You will also choose the delivery method for your new I-20.
4. Add an end engagement to your previous employer and upload the Terminal Evaluation from I-983 page 5 for yourprevious employer.

If your Stalk EAD has not yet been canonical by USCIS, contact a BIO advisor internationaloffice@berkeley.edu for more data.

Reporting changes to an existing STEM Employer and Reporting Material Changes to your I-983

Both STEM OPT students and employers must report material changes to, or deviations from, the student's formal training plan. This requires submission of a new I-983 to SSU.  Material changes include, but are non limited to:

• Change in employer address or supervision
• Any change of the employer'due south proper noun and/or EIN number, resulting from a modify in the employer'due south ownership or structure.
• Any reduction in student compensation that is not tied to a reduction in hours worked.
• Any significant subtract in hours per week that a student engages in a Stalk training opportunity.
• Changes to the employer'southward commitments or educatee'due south learning objectives equally documented on the Form I-983.

Study these changes by editing the existing employer entry  and uploading a new I-983 in SSU:

• Change in employer address or supervision
• Any reduction in student compensation that is not tied to a reduction in hours worked.
• Any significant decrease in hours per week that a student engages in a STEM training opportunity.
• Changes to the employer's commitments or pupil's learning objectives equally documented on the Course I-983.

Report these changes by by adding a new employer entry  in SSU:

• Any alter of the employer'south name and/or EIN number, resulting from a change in the employer's buying or structure.
  
  Instructions for adding a new employer entry in SSU due to a modify in employer name and/or EIN

1. Click Edit next to your current employer line. Add an terminate date to this employment tape. The end date should be the last date that your visitor used the original proper name or EIN. If yous are not sure of an exact date, use an approximate date. You lot volition be prompted to upload a final evaluation of your work (the bottom one-half of p. 5 of the I-983).  Since yous are not really leaving your employment, please but write a sentence or ii explaining what change has recently taken place. Then sign and upload it.  Your supervisor does not need to sign this document.
2. Next, in the employment section of SSU Hub, click Add. Fill in information on your "new" employer. This should include the new/current visitor name and EIN. The commencement engagement should be day later on your previous employment "ended" - the first date that these changes came into issue. Fill in the rest of the information as required, including uploading an updated I-983.
3. You will signal your preferred delivery method, and a new I-twenty volition be sent to you lot in 5 business days. (Email recommended.)

half dozen-Calendar month Validation Reports and Evaluations

Validation Reports and Evaluations must be submitted in your SSU Hub. Be advised that your F-1 tape may be terminated for failure to submit these required updates.

• Every 6 months(from the start engagement of the STEM EAD), students must submit a "Validation Study" through SSU.
• At 12-months, students must submit an Annual Evaluation signed by their current employer(tiptop of page 5 of the I-983 Form).
• At the stop of each employment (if the pupil stop working for an employer),students must submit a Final Evaluation(bottom of page 5 of the I-983 Form).
  • You will practice this by adding an cease to the previous employer.
• At the stop of the STEM OPT period, students must submit their 24-month Validation Study and upload their Terminal Evaluation (bottom of page 5 of the I-983 Form).
• For students on a regular 24-Month Stem Extension, the 6 and 12-month clock begins on the start appointment of your STEM EAD.
• Students should complete the Validation Report no more than fifteen days earlier and no later on than x days later on it is due. SSU will list your validation written report due dates.

Employer'southward Reporting Requirements

If your employment is terminated for any reason, your employer is required to notify Berkeley International Office inside 5 days. You must inform your employer of the reporting requirements at the end of your employment. Enquire them to e-mail Berkeley International Office at Internationaloffice@berkeley.edu with the following text in the subject field line of the electronic mail: " OPT Employment Termination ."  Your name, your SEVIS ID number and the kickoff and end date of the Stalk employment must be included in the email message.

Directly Human relationship Between Employment and the Major Expanse of Study

Federal regulations require that F-1 students on OPT provide a clarification of how their employment relates to their major area of report. There must exist a logical connexion betwixt the duties involved in the practical training opportunity and the student'due south major area of written report. In the written description, the regular duties should be explained and the connection between those duties and the caste should be described (see examples below).

UCB students on OPT will provide this description as function of their employment information in the Student SEVIS Update (SSU) Hub.

Sample Explanations of a Direct Relationship
(Source: https://www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis/pdf/optDirectlyRelatedGuidance.pdf)

1. Bachelor's degree in Electric Engineering: I work full time every bit an Electrical Engineer at ABC Corp., a government contractor. In my job, I clarify client requirements for electrical systems and provide them with cost estimates of such systems. My work requires agreement of electrical circuit theory, which I studied in-depth at the Academy of ABC.

2. Bachelor'due south caste in Business: I work full fourth dimension as a Loan Officer at a mortgage company, Happy Homes, where I meet with clients and evaluate, authorize and recommend approval of loan applications. On a daily basis, I utilize the knowledge I gained in my credit analysis, sales and marketing classes that I took as part of my major program of study.

3. Main's degree in Music:I am working at a hospital playing the harp in patient rooms. I also conduct hands-on harp beginner workshops for long-term patients. On boilerplate, I work at the infirmary 35 hours a week. My duties directly utilize the skills and noesis I acquired from my coursework and degree in music therapy.

four. PhD in Estimator Science: I am employed as a Reckoner and Information Research Scientist at ABC Enquiry Institute. I work as function of a team of scientists and engineers that designs experiments to test the operation of various software systems. My piece of work builds on research in circuitous algorithms and machine learning, which I studied as part of my dissertation.

5. Master'south degree in Kinesiology: I am working 25 hours a week in a health nutrient shop as a consultant for Self-Made Inc., designing and teaching practise classes that are incorporated into a client'southward overall nutrition and practise plan. My designs and customer pedagogy draw upon my studies and classwork in exercise therapy and physical reconditioning.

Reporting the Early Completion of your OPT

If you are ending your OPT earlier your EAD end date, yous must study this to Berkeley International Office.

Leaving the U.S. before your EAD end date

Log into SSU Hub .  Scroll to the bottom and click Report Early End of OPT/Academic Training .  Select your reason for ending employment early. If you are ending Stem OPT, you'll be prompted to upload a terminal evaluation of your employment experience (the lesser half of p. 5 of the I-983).

Changing visa status before your EAD stop engagement

Log into SSU Hub .  Ringlet to the bottom and click Study Early Stop of OPT/Academic Training, then south elect your reason for ending employment early. If you are catastrophe STEM OPT, you'll exist prompted to upload a terminal evaluation of your employment experience (the bottom half of p. 5 of the I-983). Finally, you'll be prompted to upload show of your change of status (most commonly, a Course I-797A approval detect).

If you take an H-1B cap gap on your F-1 tape, and you were most recently on OPT, log into SSU Hub and check that your contact and employment information is up to engagement.  It is not necessary to add together an end date because your F-1 record will automatically close on October 1.

If y'all have an H-1B cap gap on your F-i tape, and you were near recently on Stalk OPT,

• y'all should have already submitted your 24-calendar month Stalk OPT validation written report.  If you have done so and have c hecked that your contact and employment information is up to appointment in SSU Hub, in that location is nada more than you need to exercise.  Information technology is non necessary to add an finish date to your employment record because your F-1 tape will automatically close on October 1.

• If you didn't complete the 24-month STEM validation report in time, electronic mail your  STEM OPT final evaluation (the bottom half of p. 5 of the I-983) to SEVIScoordinator@berkeley.edu .  (Note that this does non mean you have reported on time; it'southward simply a style for u.s.a. to collect your last evaluation.) Log intoSSU Hub and c heck that your contact and employment data is up to date.  Information technology is not necessary to add an end engagement because your F-1 record volition automatically close on October 1.

Returning to UC Berkeley for further studies

Log into SSU Hub .  Scroll to the Employment section.  Click Edit next to your current employer.  Add together your employment end date. If you are ending Stem OPT, y'all'll be prompted to upload a final evaluation of your employment experience (the lesser half of p. 5 of the I-983).

Think that beginning a full-fourth dimension plan of study while on OPT is not allowed. If you are planning to begin a new plan of study at UC Berkeley, you volition demand to request an updated I-20 from BIO and end your OPT employment before the start of classes.

Attention a new school in the The states

Log into SSU Hub .  Whorl to the Employment section.  Click Edit adjacent to your current employer.  Add your employment end date. If you are ending Stalk OPT, you'll exist prompted to upload a terminal evaluation of your employment experience (the bottom half of p. 5 of the I-983).

Remember that starting time a full-fourth dimension programme of study while on OPT is not allowed. If yous are planning to go back to school later your OPT, you will need to request that BIO transfer your record to your new schoolhouse and finish your OPT employment earlier the transfer out appointment.

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Source: https://internationaloffice.berkeley.edu/students/employment/opt/reporting

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