* During post-completion OPT, F-1 status is dependent upon employment.
* Students may not accrue an aggregate of more than 90 days of unemployment during any post-completion OPT carried out under the initial post-completion OPT authorization.
* Students granted a 17-month OPT extension may not accrue an aggregate of more than 120 days of unemployment during the total 29 month OPT period.
This provision is critical. You cannot be unemployed more than 90 days total (120 days if under STEM extension), or you will be subject to loss of F-1 status. This unemployment period is an aggregate period, which means, for example, that once you have been unemployed for 60 days during your initial OPT period, you may not be unemployed for any more than 30 days total during the remainder of that period.
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