You can apply for your post completion opt (EAD) 90 days before graduation . But the main question which intrigues a lot of students is what date we should select as the start date for post completion OPT.
If you are graduating in December then I would suggest you to select a starting date as the first Monday of February or last Monday of January . The reason I say this is because finding a job is a time consuming process. If you are graduating in December then February is a safe time as you will will have time till February to find a job. If you give a date of January then it can be a bit early for you as searching and finding a full time job is a time consuming process and if you don't find a job till January then your OPT days will start and get wasted. I would not recommend you to give a starting date of March as it can to be too late. Say if you find a job in December or January then it is a possibility that the company will not wait till March for you.
Though if you give a starting date as February the company usually have no problems waiting for 20 odd days or a month but no or most of the companies would not wait for you till March.
So if you are graduating in December give the starting date of OPT as first Monday of February ( Recommended). Similarly if you are graduating in May then give OPT starting date as first Monday of July. Again this is just a suggestion , please take in consideration all possibilities and take a best decision for yourself.
Also as I have mentioned in one of my articles Benefits of Graduating Early , graduating in December is always better as you get three chances to apply for H1-B visa.
Recommended Reading : H1B visa Prediction 2017.
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