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Q1: What if my site location (where I perform my job duties) changes?

  • Submit an updated  with new signatures, listing the new location, to iss@wichita.edu. In your email, be sure to indicate the effective date of the site location change.

Q2: What if the address of my company's home office or headquarters changes?

  • Submit an updated with new signatures, listing the new location.

Q3: What if my position title changes?

  • If the change in position title is linked to a change in the Training Plan, as described in Section 5 of the previously-submitted Form I-983, you must complete the following documents: 

    • Complete an for the new position.
    • Complete an  for the new position.
    • Complete a Student Memorandum of Understanding for the new position. You will upload the Employer Memorandum of Understanding and the I-983 within this form.
    • Email iss@wichita.edu to indicate the title of your new position and the effective date of your new position title.

     

  • If the change in position title IS NOT linked to a change in the Training Plan, as described in Section 5 of the previously-submitted Form I-983, please email iss@wichita.edu to indicate your new position title and the effective date of your new position.

Q4: What if my job description changes?

  • To report the changes in your job description: 

Q5: What if my salary changes?

  • If your salary increases and results in a change to your employment that would be considered a change to the most recently submitted Training Plan (Form I-983, Section 5), you are required to complete the following:

  • If, however, your salary increases for some other reason (such as an annual cost of living increase) that does not cause a material change to your Training Plan, you do not need to submit an updated I-983. 

  • If your salary decreases, you are required to complete the following:

Q6: What if the number of hours I work per week changes?

  • If the number of hours you work increases or decreases, submit an updated  with new signatures.

Q7: What if my supervisor (company official in I-983 Section 5) changes?

  • If the official鈥檚 information in Section 5 is no longer accurate, submit an updated  with new signatures.

Q8: What if my employer鈥檚 EIN (Employer ID Number) changes?

  • If it changed because of a change in the employer鈥檚 ownership or structure, such as a corporate restructuring, submit an updated with new signatures.

Q9: What if my employer is bought by or merges with another company?

  • Submit an updated  with new signatures, listing the new employer name and indicating the effective date of the merger/takeover as the "Start Date of Employment" in Section 3. Also submit a new Employer Memorandum of Understanding, signed by the new employer.

Q10: What if only the name of my company changes?

Q11: What if my employer assigns me to work at a client鈥檚 location?

  • The USCIS clarified in August 2018 that, 鈥淪TEM OPT participants may engage in a training experience that takes place at a site other than the employer鈥檚 principal place of business as long as all the training obligations are met, including that the employer has and maintains a bona fide employer-employee relationship with the student.鈥�  Keep in mind that students with STEM OPT authorization must be bona fide employees of the employer signing the Training Plan, and the employer that signs the Training Plan must be the same entity that employs the student and provides the practical training experience. The STEM OPT employer may not assign, or otherwise delegate, its training responsibilities to a non-employer third party (e.g. a client, customer, or contactor).
  • Please note: If the new site location is different than the site location reported on your most recently submitted Form I-983, you will need to submit a new Form I-983 to iss@wichita.edu. 

Please note: In addition to meeting all scheduled reporting requirements, each STEM OPT student must submit a new I-983 to their DSO in order to report any material changes to, or material deviations from, the student's formal training plan. Updates made in the  alone do not satisfy the regulatory reporting requirements. More information about what is considered a "material change" can be found in our FAQ.