People on OPT who are being sponsored for H-1B by a cap-subject employer may sometimes be eligible for an automatic OPT extension called OPT cap gap. When eligible, this extension displays on page 2 ...

Cap Gap is the time between the official end-date listed on your Employment Authorization Document (EAD card) and the official start date of an H-1B non-immigrant visa. Cap gaps are most commonly ...

"Cap-gap" refers to the gap in non-immigrant status that occurs in the case of a change of status to H-1B, when the student's current F-1 immigration status expires before the H-1B employment start ...