OPT Request | Summer Graduates

This form is to initiate your OPT work authorization and will produce a new "OPT Request" I-20. You need this new I-20 in order to apply for OPT with USCIS.
Please pick a date to start your OPT. For Summer 2025 graduates can pick a start date anytime between August 6 and September 20, 2025.
Please remember to apply to graduate at the Registrar's Office!

Processing Time: We will begin processing OPT Requests for Summer 2025 in early May. After this date, we expect to take about 1 week (5 business days) to process.

* denotes a required field

What is your First Name In your Passport *

What is your Last name (Family name) in your Passport? *

What is your GVSU Student Number? (Please include the G) *

What is your current street address? (add your apartment number if applicable) *

What is your current city? *

What is your current zip code (postal code)? *

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

What is your personal (Non GVSU) email address? *

What is your major? *

What date would you like to begin your OPT? (anytime between August 6 and September 20, 2025) *

Human Verification *

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