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Form G-1145

For notification of delivery, use this form. Put this form on top of your application.

Check or money order for the Form I-765 filing fee of $410.00, made payable to "U.S. Department of Homeland Security."

International Programs recommends payment by money order.

If you do not have a check with your printed name and address, you should use a money order.

You may pay by credit card using G-1450, Authorization for Credit Card Transactions. See Pay With a Credit Card for details.

Completed Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization

Include original of Form I-765 in your application.

Download the form to access the latest version.

• Complete the form before you print.
• Refer to Instructions for Form I-765 for details on how to complete the Form I-765.
• Answer all questions fully and accurately.
• State that an item is not applicable with “N/A.” If the answer is none, write “None.”
• Print completed form and sign in blue ink in Applicant Signature field.
• Students must write their signatures so that they fit within the lines of the signature section on Form I-765 so that signatures can be scanned cleanly and applied to the EAD.

Use the code for standard Post-completion OPT for item 27: (c)(3)(B).

Use Part 6. Additional Information to provide:

• all previously used SEVIS numbers and
• evidence of any previously authorized CPT and the academic level at which it was authorized
• evidence of any previously authorized OPT and the academic level at which it was authorized

Important: You must file your Form I-765 within 30 days of the date that your DSO enters the recommendation for OPT in SEVIS.

Printout of electronic Form I-94.

Or copy of both sides of card stock I-94.

Copy of biographical ID page of your passport (valid for at least six months).

Copy of most recent F-1 visa.

Two identical US passport-style color photos, taken within 30 days of filing Form I-765.

Write your name in pencil on the back of each photo.

Copies of all I-20s.

Put a copy of your signed and dated new I-20 with OPT recommendation on top.

IMPORTANT:

• You must download, sign and date the I-20. Then make a copy to send to USCIS.
• USCIS will not accept an electronically-generated signature.

Include a copy of all prior I-20s.

Check that all I-20s have your signature and date before you copy.

Graduation Verification Form

See Submitting the Graduation Verification Form to complete the form.