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I graduated from Berkeley in December. I had applied for an OPT however, my documents arrived at USCIS too late after the 30 days of the I-20. The OPT got denied a week after I got into Berkeley's master's program starting in August. The OPT denial was on the 19th of March, which was a Friday. I waited till the Monday asked my DSO and they advised me to leave the country as I was out of status because my I-20 grace period got over on the 20th of February and the OPT was denied. However, there were no longer any flights back home to India and there aren't any for a while. I want to go to school in August but I might need to go to India and get a new visa. The consulate, however, might not open for a while and I'm not sure about traveling for such a long time and living with my grandparents who are in their 80s with the potential of getting them sick. Is there any way of resolving the issue inside the US? And if not does it bode worse for my visa interview when it gets safe to travel or should I leave ASAP?
I graduated from Berkeley in December. I had applied for an OPT however, my documents arrived at USCIS too late after the 30 days of the I-20. The OPT got denied a week after I got into Berkeley's master's program starting in August. The OPT denial was on the 19th of March, which was a Friday. I waited till the Monday asked my DSO and they advised me to leave the country as I was out of status because my I-20 grace period got over on the 20th of February and the OPT was denied. However, there were no longer any flights back home to India and there aren't any for a while. I want to go to school in August but I might need to go to India and get a new visa. The consulate, however, might not open for a while and I'm not sure about traveling for such a long time and living with my grandparents who are in their 80s with the potential of getting them sick. Is there any way of resolving the issue inside the US? And if not does it bode worse for my visa interview when it gets safe to travel or should I leave ASAP?
