Form G-1145

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

• Paper filing only.

Important Note for Online Filing:

USCIS considers your OPT application filed when you pay the fee.

• Be sure to review your application for completeness and accuracy before  you pay the fee.
• International Programs recommends scheduling a final document check prior to making payment.
• You may not be able to update information in your application after it is filed.

Important Note for Paper Filing:

It is important to pay the correct fee. Forms with the incorrect fee will be rejected. Check for the amount of the fee the day you send your application. Fees are subject to change.

• You must check the USCIS fee amount and include the correct fee or it will be rejected.
• You can also use the Fee Calculator here: https://www.uscis.gov/forms/filing-guidance/form-filing-tips

International Programs recommends payment by money order.

• Check or money order made payable to "U.S. Department of Homeland Security."
• 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.

Please see the USCIS I-765 website to confirm that you submit the correct version of the I-765.

Read and follow the USCIS Form Filing Tips carefully.

Important Note: 

If you are mailing your application on or after August 25, 2020: Check to see that your I-765 is the August 25th edition. The date is printed on the lower left corner of the I-765. Prior editions of the I-765 will be rejected.

• You must download and 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.
• Use the name on your I-20 for Family Name and Given Name(s).
• 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.

• Make sure the record indicates “Class of Admission: F1" and “Admit Until Date: D/S,” which stands for duration of status. 
• Make sure the I-94 shows the correct date for your most recent entry.

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.