Students

Cap-gap keeps a student in status, and sometimes working, between the end of practical training and the start of a cap-subject H-1B job. It depends on a timely petition asking for a change of status.

Curricular practical training is work that is part of the curriculum, authorized by the school before it starts. It only holds up while the student is genuinely carrying a full course of study.

Moving schools means moving one student record, not opening a second. Two school officials coordinate a release date, and the student must report to the new school by a deadline after it.

A student can carry fewer classes than full-time only when a school official authorizes it in advance, on one of a short list of grounds, and each ground carries its own limit.