{"id":2436,"date":"2022-02-15T10:41:11","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T16:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/international\/?page_id=2436"},"modified":"2022-02-15T10:41:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T16:41:11","slug":"travel-on-opt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/international\/international-students\/resources\/employment\/opt\/travel-on-opt\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel on OPT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">International travel while on OPT is similar to travel while you are an F-1 student. While on OPT, you are still in F-1 student status. However, there are some important differences and additional document requirements.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content-body\">\n<div class=\"row row\">\n<div class=\"column grid_9\">\n<h3>Take These Documents With You When Planning to Reenter the U.S. from an International Location While on OPT:<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<td>\n<h5><strong>Before Completing Academic Program &amp; Before OPT Approval<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h5><strong>After Completing Academic Program &amp; Before OPT or STEM OPT Approval<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h5><strong>After Completing Program &amp; After\u00a0OPT or STEM OPT Approval<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><em><strong>Carry these documents:<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<td><em><strong>Carry these documents:<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<td><em><strong>Carry these documents:<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Valid passport\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Valid F-1 visa<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>OPT I-20 with a valid travel endorsement signed within 6 months by an IPC Advisor\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Evidence of continued enrollment (e.g. Enrollment Verification from Registrar\u2019s office)\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>I-797 Notice of Action<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0No<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Job offer letter from employer OR current employment verification letter<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0No<\/td>\n<td>strongly recommended<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>EAD (Employment Authorization Document)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0No<\/td>\n<td>STEM OPT students whose original 12-Month EAD has expired should check with IPC about travel.<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International travel while on OPT is similar to travel while you are an F-1 student. While on OPT, you are still in F-1 student status. However, there are some important differences and additional document requirements. Take These Documents With You When Planning to Reenter the U.S. from an International Location While on OPT: \u00a0 Before [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1036,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2436","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2436"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2439,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2436\/revisions\/2439"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}