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If you’ve been admitted to graduate school at another U.S. 机构, it’s often easier to transfer your visa to the new school, rather than creating a new SEVIS record. In order to initiate a visa transfer, please submit to the ISSO: a copy of your acceptance letter, and a completed Transfer Form from the new school (if available). **如果您正在使用STEM OPT, you will also need to submit your final self-evaluation (page 5 of Form I-983) before the ISSO can process your SEVIS transfer.

The ISSO will set up a visa transfer in SEVIS that will allow your SEVIS record to roll over to the new school. 

Based on your circumstances and travel plans, the ISSO will determine the best Transfer Release date for your SEVIS record. This date can be no earlier than the last date of your Smith affiliation (e.g.[商务英语毕业典礼, or the last day of employment at your OPT position), and no later than the 60th day of your grace period after graduation or OPT. 

Each year, 65,000 H-1B visas are avaiable in the US as part of a lottery system.  An additional 20,000 are reserved for candidates with graduate degrees. If your employer would like to sponsor you for an H-1B visa in the lottery, that process will open on April 1st of each year.  All fees associated with the H-1B application must be covered by your employer.

If you are accepted in the H-1B lottery, please let the ISSO know.  The H-1B visa for which you will apply will be effective as of October 1st, so you will need OPT until that date.  If you have been accepted in the H-1B lottery and your OPT will expire prior to the October 1 effective date, you will receive an automatic OPT extension called the "Cap-Gap" Extension.  The ISSO can print a new I-20 for you that will show your extended authorization until September 30th. Although your EAD will not reflect the extended dates, this new I-20 will suffice to prove your work eligibility.