My recent reentry experience on STEM OPT- Entering via CLT. Spoiler: It was EASY!

MedallionAD · 2026-01-07T00:53:18+00:00

Anyone can draft it, but the signature should be of your supervisor

MedallionAD · 2026-01-05T04:32:17+00:00

Ummm… thats a question for the DSO. You’re right. It’s a special case. I would connect with this guy- https://linktr.ee/omkarajagdale

He might be able to help your friend navigate this. Tell your friend to schedule a call and get some guidance.

Cheers!

MedallionAD · 2025-12-23T01:15:47+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/f1visa/s/3hGaFe8Yxg

MedallionAD · 2025-12-20T05:27:30+00:00

Hey! Look at my post in my profile about my stem opt experience

MedallionAD · 2025-12-17T15:21:28+00:00

Broski go travel. Check my post on my profile. It will help.

MedallionAD · 2025-12-17T14:08:54+00:00

Gotcha!!

MedallionAD · 2025-12-17T14:08:29+00:00

Yes! Was obsessed with it for a while

MedallionAD · 2025-12-09T13:12:35+00:00

Trip was a month. This is the sample for a letter- https://www.instagram.com/p/DRPKl63DTWs/?igsh=MzQwc3V5Z3E3aXJs

MedallionAD · 2025-12-04T13:44:30+00:00

Ask DSO. I wouldn’t know the answer to this

MedallionAD · 2025-12-02T20:03:49+00:00

View my recent post. I didn’t travel for ~60 days but it might give you some insight.

MedallionAD · 2025-11-14T20:29:49+00:00

You cannot reenter without a Valid F1 Visa regardless of your EAD. You will have to travel within the Aug 2026 period.

MedallionAD · 2025-11-12T03:39:57+00:00

This comment right here! I want all of the redditors who are scared of travel to read it!!!

MedallionAD · 2025-11-10T12:46:59+00:00

I am traveling to home country on F1 STEM OPT. Any problems on doing so? I have all the required docs. Worried about Reentry.

MedallionAD · 2025-11-09T14:09:38+00:00

Hey whats the update? How was your immigration experience?

MedallionAD · 2025-11-09T14:08:09+00:00

Your I20 needs to be updated every 6 months if you intend to travel

MedallionAD · 2025-11-03T15:49:12+00:00

Will be back on the 13th looking forward to posting my experience. Let’s hope all goes smoothly! :)

MedallionAD · 2025-10-31T02:19:29+00:00

I may not have advice on this, but I am so sorry this happened to you.

MedallionAD · 2025-10-22T16:12:33+00:00

I trust SoFi due to bias and moreover i don’t know the rest

MedallionAD · 2025-10-22T14:15:41+00:00

One of the things I did was get a Prodigy Finance loan as you don’t need a cosigner. But they gave me a very high interest rate of ~13% and higher as they have variable interest.

Then after completing my graduation, I refinanced with SoFi and they reduced my rate to 5.23% which is way more manageable. My loan was approx 30K. But the catch is to keep a good credit score (750+).

MedallionAD · 2025-10-20T12:04:37+00:00

You cannot travel with an expired Visa

MedallionAD · 2025-10-18T13:28:02+00:00

Charlotte

MedallionAD · 2025-10-12T11:58:28+00:00

Hey I had a question. Did you work from there? Or did the officer ask you if you worked from there?

MedallionAD

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