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F-1 changing visa status to B-2 or getting OPT to extend stay?

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I have an F-1 visa and I just graduated. My 60-days grace period will end before my newborn is 1-month-old and is allowed to travel. I heard the options to extend my stay for a couple of days are to request a change of visa status or an OPT. What is a better option?

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Giacomo Jacques BeharImmigration AttorneySan Diego, CACA licensed ·
If it's an "OPT" based employment authorization document you'd like to apply for, then that must be done in a "timely basis" in order to be granted. Speak with your school's designated official ('DSO") and/or foreign student adviser about it.. A "request to change visa status", i.e. a Form I-539 application to COS is not easily granted by USCIS. But if you have no choice, that's option you'll choose. Don't try to do that one on your own.
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Paul Hannaford ·
It would depend on what you want to do. OPT will allow you to work in the USA for 12 months while a B non immigrant extension will likely be granted (if you qualify) just for the time requested and will not allow you to work.
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