STEM Request

Please complete this form so that GVSU may produce your STEM OPT Request I-20. Please DO NOT submit more than 90 days before your current OPT authorization expires. If submitted more than 90 days in advance, we cannot action your request and you will be asked to submit another request once you reach the 90 day mark.

Processing Time: all immigration requests are expected to take about 1 week (5 business days) to process.

* denotes a required field

Your Information

What is your first name on your I-20 *

What is your Last Name on your I-20? *

What is your GVSU ID Number? *

SEVIS Number, located on the top right of your I-20. Please provide the last 8 digits: N00XXXXXXXX *

Your current Address, line 1 (ex. 1 Campus Drive) *

Address line 2 (ex. 130 LOH)

City *

State/Province *

Zip/Postal *

What is your email address? *
Please enter a GVSU email address ending in @gvsu.edu or @mail.gvsu.edu.

How This Work Relates to Your Degree

Explain how this employment is related to your course of study. This text is copied and saved to your SEVIS record. *
Please enter 10-50 words. You currently have:

STEM Employer Information

What is your Job Title? *

What date will you begin working at this STEM employer? (or DID you) *

What is your STEM Authorization Start Date? *

What is your STEM Authorization End Date? *

Is this position full time or part time? *

How many hours a week are you expected to work? *

What is the name of the company you will work for? *

What is your Employer's Tax ID number (also known as an EIN number)? *

What is your Employer's E-VERIFY number? *

What is the street address of your company? *

City *

State/Province *

Zip/Postal *

STEM Supervisor

What is the name of your supervisor (First and Last) *

What is your supervisor's email address? *

What is your supervisor's phone number? XXX-XXX-XXXX *

Is this the same employer you were most recently working for with your OPT Authorization? *

Last date of employment with previous employer *

This information will be used to update the end date of your previous employment if you have not reported this to us. If you have changed employers PRIOR to your OPT Authorization ending, please submit the OPT Employer Reporting form.

Required Documents

Please upload a copy of your job offer letter (copy of an email offer is fine) *
Please upload a file with the extension .doc, .pdf, .rtf, .docx, .pub, .bmp, .gif, .jpeg, .jpg, .png, .tiff, or .txt with a maximum size of 2 MB (2048 KB)

Please upload your I983 *
Please upload a file with the extension .doc, .pdf, .rtf, .docx, .pub, .bmp, .gif, .jpeg, .jpg, .png, .tiff, or .txt with a maximum size of 5 MB (5120 KB)

Human Verification *

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