New School Admission dates

IF you are transferring to another school after OPT, or after you complete your program of study, you need to request that your SEVIS record be transferred to your new school.  This transfer must happen within 60 days after the program completion date (end of your last semester) or after your OPT expires. Please note that you are not required to start your new program within that 60-day-grace period, but you must start it within 5 months from the end of the semester or the date your record was transferred, whichever is earlier.

Students on OPT/STEM OPT: The program start date at the new transfer-in school must be within 150 days of the transfer release date or the expiration of the OPT/STEM OPT card, whichever is first. The SEVIS record must be transferred prior to the 60th day from OPT/STEM OPT expiration date.