{"id":3033,"date":"2023-10-18T20:24:21","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T01:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/ois\/?p=3033"},"modified":"2024-10-03T09:02:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T14:02:01","slug":"electronic-signatures-now-acceptable-on-the-form-i-983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/ois\/2023\/10\/18\/electronic-signatures-now-acceptable-on-the-form-i-983\/","title":{"rendered":"Electronic Signatures Now Acceptable on the Form I-983"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As of September 18, 2023, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) recently updated their instructions for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/doclib\/sevis\/pdf\/i983.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Form I-983, Training Plan for STEM OPT Students<\/a> to permit electronic signatures by the student and their employer.<\/p>\n<p>Typed signatures are not allowed. The only acceptable signatures for the Form I-983 are any of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wet signature<\/li>\n<li>Electronic signature from a software program<\/li>\n<li>Electronically reproduced copies of a signature<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.klaskolaw.com\/october-2023\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Immigration%20Law%20Update%20October%202023&amp;utm_content=Immigration%20Law%20Update%20October%202023+CID_713cc719428d1c64fac04d939814dbc8&amp;utm_source=EmailMarketing&amp;utm_term=Electronic%20Signatures%20Now%20Acceptable%20for%20STEM%20OPT%20Students#Electronic-Signatures-Now-Acceptable-for-STEM-OPT-Students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Klasko Immigration Law Partners, LLC: Electronic Signatures Now Acceptable for STEM OPT Students<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/studyinthestates.dhs.gov\/2023\/09\/new-sign-and-send-the-form-i-983-electronically\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Study in the States: Sign and Send the Form I-983 Electronically<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of September 18, 2023, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) recently updated their instructions for the Form I-983, Training Plan for STEM OPT Students to permit electronic signatures by the student and their employer. 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