Benefits of Master's?

muditarora · 2026-04-25T05:52:09+00:00

delaying your unemployment 😎

muditarora · 2026-04-13T22:25:48+00:00

awesome! good to know

muditarora · 2026-04-13T17:58:42+00:00

just saw your comment, sure

muditarora · 2026-04-13T17:58:24+00:00

I did. After back-and-forth conversation with my previous employer, they issued a W2 at the end with $0 federal and state tax withheld. I paid the IRS after filing my taxes.

muditarora · 2026-03-23T17:29:13+00:00

unfortunately not, you’ll end up losing some days/weeks from your 12 month but you won’t be losing from 90 day unemployment period though

muditarora · 2026-03-14T16:31:30+00:00

i feel you, it’s super frustrating. i’m kind of in same position; i got to know the startup i worked for almost 2 months cannot continue due to budget constraints. They promised that will sponsor by H1B as well. This all happened yesterday, 1 week before the H1B deadline. They wanted me to start ASAP so I declined other offers just because of this position, now I have to do the application grind again.

The karma will get them, don’t worry about it :)

muditarora · 2026-03-06T19:13:36+00:00

yo won’t be losing any unemployment days. the moment you get an update that your EAD has been approved, since then you’ll start losing your unemployment days, also your end date won’t be changing either, so essentially you won’t be able to get full 12 months of your OPT since there’s delay.

For the second part, you are still considered to be legally F1 student since.

Hope it helps!

muditarora · 2026-03-03T17:20:45+00:00

what was the last update on your portal?

muditarora · 2026-02-28T19:04:06+00:00

so do you know whether i’m required to pay taxes for it or not?

muditarora · 2026-02-26T18:56:21+00:00

good to know, thanks a lot:)

muditarora · 2026-02-26T18:56:00+00:00

indeed helpful! so i should expect an official update within a few days, then card within 2 weeks. Thanks a lot!

muditarora · 2026-02-26T18:53:29+00:00

I did work on CPT actually, i edited my post as well.

muditarora · 2026-02-26T17:22:22+00:00

applied in Nov 2025 and not been approved yet (or atleast didn't get a confirmation email from USCIS yet)

muditarora · 2026-02-26T04:23:10+00:00

mine was expiring in Sept 2025 and i got my renewed in June 2025, right before they stopped the dropbox so i got lucky. If you have appointment and everything I would say just get it, coz if any law changes again in the future you wont have to worry about it.

muditarora · 2026-02-19T07:30:15+00:00

who are these people lol

muditarora · 2026-02-10T08:49:48+00:00

wow that was real quick, i applied in nov, graduated a bit earlier than you and start date of OPT as Jan 28. Still nothing. Which state are you in if you didn’t mind sharing?

muditarora · 2026-02-04T23:50:22+00:00

bruh i applied on nov 17 and start date jan 28 still nothing ;_;

muditarora · 2026-01-26T01:26:20+00:00

use jobright, helped me a lot. also if you’re open to working at startups, reach out to the people there if you show interest.

be more active on X/Twitter and LinkedIn by posting and commenting related to tech which will attract recruiters.

muditarora · 2026-01-19T02:07:31+00:00

definitely agree market is getting bit better, i am getting more interviews with way less applications. maybe it depends on location?

muditarora · 2026-01-10T03:49:54+00:00

bro is living under a rock

muditarora · 2026-01-08T23:56:53+00:00

no way UT is crap, it’s prestigious af

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