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**DesiOPT-FaceBook-Fan** · 10-26-2013, 07:15 AM

Yes .. as long as u have valid visa and passport and other required docs you can fly ..

**DesiOPT-FaceBook-Fan** · 10-26-2013, 07:16 AM

What is u r travel paln.??

**DesiOPT-FaceBook-Fan** · 10-26-2013, 07:16 AM

Not good to return back between Sep 17-Oct 1 as you will be in Cap Gap

**DesiOPT-FaceBook-Fan** · 10-26-2013, 07:17 AM

As far as I know, Its never good to take chances. Think about what happens if OPT is denied? So It never good to take chance but if you are confident enough just go ahead

**DesiOPT-FaceBook-Admin** · 10-26-2013, 07:18 AM

9.4.2.Can a student travel outside the United States during a cap gap extension period and return in F-1 status?

Yes, provided the student has a valid EAD. See 8 CFR 214.2(f)(13). A student may choose to leave the United
States and obtain an H-1B visa to return to the United States to assume H-1B employment. SEVP recommends that a student not travel outside the United States during the cap gap extension, if possible, as USCIS will consider a change-of-status application to be abandoned if the applicant leaves the country while the application remain s pending. Thus, a change-of-status petition from F-1 to H-1B filed on behalf of a student with a cap gap extension who departs the United States before the application is adjudicated could be denied.

More at: http://www.ice.gov/.../pdf/opt_polic...nce_042010.pdf