When is your filing deadline?
F-1 students: enter your I-20 program end date to see your OPT filing window. Runs entirely on your device.
OPT Filing Deadline Calculator
Updated Apr 2026Enter your program end date from your I-20 to see your filing window.
“Duration of status” is changing
Under a DHS final rule effective September 15, 2026, new F-1, J-1, and I visa holders are admitted for a fixed period — the length of your program, or 4 years, whichever is shorter — instead of open-ended “duration of status” (D/S). To stay past that date, you would file Form I-539 (with biometrics) to extend.
Already an F-1 student in the U.S.?
You are generally grandfathered: if you are in the U.S. on D/S on September 15, 2026, you keep it and do not need to file anything right now. That changes mainly if you travel abroad and re-enter — a new entry gives you a fixed end date. Also new: the grace period after your program ends is shortening from 60 days to 30.
Based on the DHS final rule published in the Federal Register July 17, 2026 (effective September 15, 2026). Immigration rules change — confirm the current version at uscis.gov and with your DSO before acting. We will add Form I-539 to our tools as this takes effect.
Checking a different filing?
The filing-window guidance for DACA renewal, N-400 citizenship, and EAD renewal is on the fee calculator — pick your form and see the "When to file" card.
Open the fee calculator →MiVisaGuide is a private document-preparation service — not a law firm, and not affiliated with USCIS or any government agency. This calculator is general information based on published USCIS/SEVP filing-window rules, not legal advice; always confirm current rules at uscis.gov and with your DSO before filing.