Complete and
submit all of the documents attached to these instructions to the
BMCC Office of International Students Services:
1. Optional Practical Training Request
Form:
Click
here to download the Optional Practical training request form
2. Form I-538: ONLY FOR LIBERAL ARTS MAJOR
Complete Section A, items 1-8, and sign and date.
| Item #3- |
Student Admission number is the
number from your For I-94 Arrival/Departure Record. It is also
found on you I-20. It is not your college identification number. |
| Item #5- |
Level of education being sought
is Associate's, Bachelor's, Masters., etc.. |
| Item #7- |
Describe the proposed employment
for practical training is your description of the type of employment
you are looking for (or have located). You must show that it
is directly related to your major and appropriate for the degree
level you are pursuing/have pursed. |
| Item #8- |
List all previously authorized
practical training-indicate the starting and ending dates of
any previously authorized Curricular or Optional Practical Training. |
3. Form I-765:
Complete items 1-15.
Form and instructions can be downloaded from USCIS website: http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis
| Item #9- |
If you do not have a social security
number, leave this blank. ISSO will give you instructions for
obtaining a social security number after you have receive an
EAD card. |
| Item #10- |
"A-number" or "I-94
Number". Enter the same admission number from your I-94
card unless INS previously assigned you an "A-number". |
| Item #11- |
Indicate if you ever applied for
Hardship employment or Practical training before (excluding
Curricular). If "yes", enter where and when you applied,
and whether it was granted or denied. You will need to attach
a photocopy of the Form I-20 or EAD card that contains that
employment authorization to the application. |
| Your certification-Sign, indicate
your telephone number and date. |
4. Two photographs (Green Card Type):
Two passport-style color photos with a white background taken no earlier than 30 days before submisssion to USCIS. They should be unmounted, glossy and unretouched.Your head should
be bare unless you are wearing a headdress as required by a religious
order to which you belong.
Lightly print your name & I-94 # on the back of each photo in
pencil.
For details, refer to the USCIS Form, "Instructions for I-765, Application for Employment Authorization".
5. $340.00 Fee:
In the form of a check or money order payable to the "US Department of Homeland Security" .
6. SEVIS I-20 from BMCC:
The BMCC Office of International Student Services must endorse
a new original form. Once endorsed, you will make a photocopy of the
front and back of BMCC's I-20 ID to send your package.
7. Photocopies of
all of your previous I-20s, including language schools (both sides), current form I-94 card (both sides), visa and personal pages of passport.
8. Letter of employment:
Required if you are requesting Pre-Completion Optional Practical
Training or Post-Completion Practical Training with "expeditious"
handling due to employment or necessary travel.
9. Airline ticket or reservation:
(photocopy) for "expeditious" handling due to travel only.
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