OPT STEM Extension RFE

[km1988]

Hi,

I graduated with an MS in Computer Science in December 2012.
My OPT start date was Feb 2013 and this coincided exactly with my employment at a large IT firm (in the technology department).
My employer petitioned for my H1B in April 2013, but it did not get picked up in the lottery.
So I continued working (uninterrupted) on my OPT for the same firm.

In November 2013, I applied for STEM Extension with all required documentation.
In Feb 2014, my online status changed to "Additional Evidence Requested".
I have not received the actual notice yet.

Since I have had a single employer (in a job that is very obviously related to my major) and have shown proof of that in my initial application, I am a bit confused about why I got the RFE.
This is when I realized that I had forgotten to report a change in address to my DSO.
Will this be a grounds for STEM Extension denial?
Will the USCIS ask me to provide proof of residence?

My employer is filing for my H1b again this April, but I have lost faith in the lottery system and am faced with losing employment due to a silly mistake.

Anyone with similar experiences or advice?

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[km1988]

Thanks for all the encouragement!

I just received the RFE today. Turns out there was an error in the e-Verify number and the registered company name.

Now the reason for this was that my company claims "they do not disclose e-Verify number to individual employees". So my company legal department had contacted my DSO and given them the details. I had sent my DSO the completed I-765 with the fields of e-Verify number and company name blank. She filled these in from what my company gave her and sealed it in an envelope. I sent this envelope to USCIS with the rest of my package.

Now I dont know who made the mistake, the legal department or DSO. I also dont know what e-Verify number was filled in. So, there is no way of making sure they dont give me the same one again!

Either ways, I am relived that it was a relatively small error, which can carefully be corrected.

[DesiOPT-FaceBook-Fan]

1. employer may not terminate unless your ur rejected, while OPT is being processed, ur all legal. chk website

[DesiOPT-FaceBook-Fan]

1 Wait for rfe ..
2 uscis can ask missing information needed for u r application ..
3 faith does not work in lottery .. Probability will

[DesiOPT-FaceBook-Fan]

Wait for rfe..no problem with address. You cleared f1 masters opt keep faith

[DesiOPT-FaceBook-Fan]

I was in a similar situation. I thought rfe was something related to the employer .. Finally the rfe was about signature not being proper . I responded to the rfe and got my stem extension approved. My emploer is filing h1b again this year . Respond to the rfe with utmost care and you will have one more chance for h1b next year.

[DesiOPT-FaceBook-Fan]

hehe i remember u ..