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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>SUBJECT:
CPT Extension Policy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>There
will be a change in the CPT extension policy effective </span></font><st1:date
Month="2" Day="15" Year="2005"><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>2/15/05</span></font></st1:date><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>.
This change will only apply to students on CPT beginning in the spring 2005
semester and thereafter.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>It
will NOT affect students who were authorized for CPT prior to the spring 2005
semester. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>To
be in compliance with more restricted SEVIS function and clearer interpretation
of the Immigration regulations, we will no longer continue the practice of
extending CPT to the following semester that students are not actually
registered for the course but are given approval for an incomplete in the
course. Students can still do CPT but only when they actually registered for
the course. Students must apply for OPT in the last registered semester and be
on OPT while working on an incomplete course.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Example:
Sue is a graduate student majoring in Computer Science since Fall 03. Sue has
maintained her full time enrollment and her legal F-1 status. In the spring
2005 semester, she has registered for only 3 hours of CSCI 595 because this is
her last required course left before she can complete her degree. While
registering for CSCI 595, she is offered a job in </span></font><st1:State><st1:place><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>New
Jersey</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>. She wants to take the job
and has asked her professor to extend her CSCI 595 to an incomplete until the
fall 05 <span class=GramE>semester</span>. Her professor approves her extension
and grants incomplete for the course. She has an appointment with the
International Student Adviser (ISA) and brings the job offer letter, an
approval for CPT and extension from the professor, and FORM I-538 with her. The
ISA authorizes her for CPT. <span class=GramE>The</span> ISA can only authorize
her CPT until the end of the spring 05 semester (</span></font><st1:date
Month="5" Day="14" Year="2005"><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>May 14, 2005</span></font></st1:date><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>).
If Sue wants to continue her employment after May 16, she must apply for OPT during
her CPT (before May 6 or sooner) so that she can be on OPT while working on her
incomplete course and can continue her job on OPT without any gap.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Reminder:
A student must have completed at least 2 full semesters, fall and spring or
spring and fall, as a full time student in legal status to be eligible for CPT.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>You would not be eligible for CPT if you are a student in your first
and second semesters of your full time enrollment.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Noi Prapan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Director, International Student Services<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Texas A&M University-Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:address><st1:Street><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>P.O.Box</span></font></st1:Street><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'> 3011</span></st1:address><span style='mso-no-proof:
yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:place><st1:City><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Commerce</span></font></st1:City><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>, </span><st1:State><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Texas</span></st1:State><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'> </span><st1:PostalCode><span style='mso-no-proof:
yes'>75429</span></st1:PostalCode></st1:place><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Phone: 903-886-5097<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>FAX: 903-468-3200<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Noi_Prapan@tamu-commerce.edu<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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