“What did I do wrong,” a worried F-1 visa student asks, as a single I-20 mistake threatens study, career plans, and STEM OPT work rights
What happens when one small I-20 upload mistake threatens to derail years of planning? That’s the knotty situation a nervous international graduate recently laid out on Reddit, turning a routine STEM OPT extension filing into a full-blown race against time. With just one month left before their Employment Authorisation Document (EAD) expires, they realised they…