This video is made to give clarity and educate viewers on everything you need to know about F-1 STEM OPT Self-Employment.

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00:00 Introduction
00:10 STEM OPT Different from OPT
00:20 OPT Self-Employment Requirements
(Related to Degree Program, Business Licenses, and Actively Engaged in the Business)
00:36 Additional Requirements
00:43 E-Verify
00:51 Compensation
01:44 Employer-Employee Relationship
01:52 Training Plan – Form I-983
02:14 F-1 Student Cannot Sign Form I-983
02:33 Ownership Interest in Company
03:04 Must comply with all STEM OPT Rules
03:38 Careful Planning + Structuring Needed
04:07 Be Very Careful

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— 📜 About Adrian Pandev —
Adrian is regarded as a go-to attorney for foreign companies and individuals seeking to enter the US market. Adrian has extensive experience advising clients on cross-border transactions, structuring inbound investments, and pre-immigration planning.

Adrian’s immigration practice focuses on investor and employment-based immigration, particularly E-2 Treaty Investors, EB-5 Investors, L-1 Intracompany Transferees, and H-1B Specialty Workers. Adrian has many years of experience with the family-based and employment-based permanent residence process, including PERM Labor Certifications, EB-2 National Interest Waivers, and EB-1 petitions for Multinational Managers and Individuals of Extraordinary Ability.

Adrian represents startup founders, emerging and high-growth companies, venture capital and private equity funds, and strategic investors in various corporate transactions. He has extensive experience in company formation, corporate governance, growth equity and venture capital financing, mergers & acquisition, and fund formation.

Adrian represents individuals and families in developing wealth management structures which align with their multi-jurisdictional tax and legal needs. He has extensive experience with pre-immigration and expatriation planning.

Prior to founding Pandev Law, Adrian served as a Trial Attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. Adrian teaches business law as an adjunct professor at St. John’s University in New York, NY. He appears as a legal commentator on various news broadcasts, including ABC and NY1.

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