F1 Visa after graduate

[emilhuy0506]

Hi guys,

I am an international student from Vietnam with F1 visa type. I have this strange question about F1 visa. I am going to graduate my college degree after I finish the upcoming Fall semester 2016-2017. My visa will be expired in December 2016 and my I-20 is good until 2018. And I know that after I graduate, I have 60 days to stay in the US before departing the US. And during my last semester, I will apply for OPT which gives me another 90 days to stay in the US without being employed and a visa extension of 1 year. That is the total of 150 days (which approximately 5 months). During that 5 months, can I travel back to my home country Vietnam for like 2 months and go back to USA? If yes, do I need to renew my visa in Vietnam or the OPT will automatically update my visa extension? Any advise or suggestion? I really appreciate if you can help me with this strange scenario I have. Thank you so much !

[jnk]

You should not leave USA without your OPT (EAD) approval. After that you can visit your home country then you don't need to go for stamping in Vietnam.

Blow thread is very similar to your situation,

http://www.immihelp.com/forum/showthread.php/43466-Leaving-US-after-applying-for-OPT

[emilhuy0506]

You should not leave USA without your OPT (EAD) approval. After that you can visit your home country then you don't need to go for stamping in Vietnam.

Blow thread is very similar to your situation,
http://www.immihelp.com/forum/showth...plying-for-OPT

Thank you jink for your response. What if I get my EAD and while back to my country, my visa is expired. Is it ok to renew my visa without getting problem in my home country ?