{"id":7850,"date":"2026-05-28T13:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/international\/?page_id=7850"},"modified":"2026-07-08T09:24:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:24:50","slug":"stem-opt-reporting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.saumag.edu\/international\/forms\/stem-opt-reporting\/","title":{"rendered":"STEM OPT Employment Participation Reporting"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>STEM OPT Participation Reporting- 6 and 18 Month Validations and 12 and 24 Month Final Evaluations<\/h2>\n<p>While on STEM OPT students are required to report their current employment situation after 6, 12, 18, and 24 months of STEM OPT.\u00a0 The reporting intervals should be determined by calculating how many months of STEM OPT have passed. You must use the \u201cValid From\u201d date printed on your <em><strong>STEM<\/strong><\/em> EAD card.\u00a0 The SEVP portal also lists these dates to better ensure students know when to report. <em>I-983 forms MUST be signed either by hand, electronic signatures using software programs or applications with time and date stamp or code.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What do I need to report?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-caret su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span> Every 6 months you must report:<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>Your current address- This must be your residence, not a mailing address somewhere else.\u00a0 Please update your own address\u00a0 in your SEVP Portal.<\/li>\n<li>Employer&#8217;s information (Company name, address, supervisor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-caret su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span> 12 Month and Final (24 Month) Reporting<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p>Students are required to submit the Evaluation section of the I-983 form (page 5). This needs to be completed and signed by your employer.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Entire I- 983 with 12 month Evaluation: Complete the <strong>top half<\/strong> of page 5 on the\u00a0I-983.<\/li>\n<li>Entire I-983 with 24 month (Final Evaluation): Complete the <strong>bottom half<\/strong> of page 5 on the\u00a0I-983.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-caret su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span> How to submit your 6 and 18 month Validations and 12 month and Final Evaluations?<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p>To submit your reporting requirements please follow the link below and follow the instructions on the form.\u00a0 During this process you will need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your current address- this MUST be where you reside, not simply a mailing address<\/li>\n<li>Employer Information<\/li>\n<li>Employment Offer Letter<\/li>\n<li>STEM EAD Card<\/li>\n<li>ALL COMPLETED PAGES OF THE I-983<\/li>\n<li>ALL COMPLETED PAGES OF\u00a0 THE\u00a0 I-983 <strong>WITH<\/strong> all pages including completed Evaluation page on page 5 (only for 12 and 24 month\/final reporting)<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>I-983 forms MUST be signed either by hand, electronic signatures using software programs or applications with time and date stamp or code.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have any issues please email our office at sauinternational@saumag.edu<\/p>\n<p>After clicking the link below use your\u00a0<strong>SAU login information<\/strong>\u00a0to log into the form<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select \u201cLogin with Campus ID\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Username: SAU email with the \u201c@mulerider.saumag.edu\u201d email address (ex mmrider1234@muleriders.saumag.edu), password: SAU password<\/li>\n<li>Select \u201cRequest, 20XX\u201d (pick the current year you are updating your OPT)\n<ul>\n<li>You may have started your OPT in 20XX, but if you are updating your employer in 20XX then you would pick 20XX.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>You will be taken to the <b>Report STEM OPT Participation<\/b> Form.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"su-button-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/international.saumag.edu\/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&#038;Program_ID=10017\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:10px\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 26px;font-size:20px;line-height:40px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:10px;text-shadow:none\"> Report STEM OPT Participation<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">DO NOT OPEN MORE THAN ONE UPDATE REQUEST.\u00a0 DOING SO WILL DELAY YOUR UPDATE REQUEST.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">See below to learn how to log into your profile.<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-caret su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span><strong> I started a request<\/strong>. <strong>How do I log back into my request? <\/strong><\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p>You do not need to click the application button again to log back into the request.\u00a0 To get to your request log into the student profile page<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/international.saumag.edu\/index.cfm?FuseAction=Security.ExistingUserLogin\">Student Profile<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once on the profile page, you will see your incomplete request listed on the left-hand side of the page.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-caret su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>What if I have forgotten my SAU login information?<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p>You can reset your password through your\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mysau.saumag.edu\/ics\">SAU Campus Connect page.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STEM OPT Participation Reporting- 6 and 18 Month Validations and 12 and 24 Month Final Evaluations While on STEM OPT students are required to report their current employment situation after 6, 12, 18, and 24 months of STEM OPT.\u00a0 The reporting intervals should be determined by calculating how many months of STEM OPT have passed&#8230;. <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saumag.edu\/international\/forms\/stem-opt-reporting\/\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":373,"featured_media":0,"parent":3128,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-7850","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saumag.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saumag.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saumag.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saumag.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saumag.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7850"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.saumag.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7873,"href":"https:\/\/www.saumag.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7850\/revisions\/7873"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saumag.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saumag.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}