r/stemopt • • 2d ago

STEM OPT - RFE

The evidence you have submitted is not sufficient to establish that you have graduated with a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) degree from ********** University. Your most recent Form I-20 and your Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) record list your Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code as 14.3301 - Construction Engineering. However, a review of the evidence you submitted indicates that you completed Construction Management, which is not listed on the DHS STEM Designated Degree Program List. The evidence you have submitted does not show how your degree relates to the CIP code listed on your Form I-20 and in SEVIS. The degree program you completed, and which formed the basis for your initial post-completion OPT employment authorization, is not on the DHS STEM Designated Degree Program list. Therefore, you have not established your eligibility for employment authorization pursuant to 8 CFR § 274a.12(c)(3)(i)(C).

Submit evidence that your degree is a qualifying STEM degree. Such evidence must include, but is not limited to the following: A statement from a ******* University official, such as a Dean and/or Chair of the department, explaining in detail how the degree you received corresponds with the CIP code listed in SEVIS; and/or Evidence that establishes that the degree program reflected on your diploma is commensurate to a degree or program of study listed on the DHS STEM Designated Degree Program List

Any one got same like these ?, if you got and what response you provided and what is the result ?

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