<p>Midway through my internship, can I change my CPT end date (either to end at an earlier or later date), assuming that my company allows it? I know that every single 1 of my 365 days of 'free' CPT is precious, so I need to use each CPT day wisely. Hence I might possibly shorten this one internship to save days for the next, or extend the internship possibly.</p>
<p>I'm talking about +- 1 or 2 weeks of the internship duration at most, which I hope is a commonplace enough occurrance among student internships (eg: domestic US student who wish to end early by a week seems like a decent,normal request)</p>
<p>My next, related question is this: if the internship is in the spring or fall semester, is it fine if my internship ends a few weeks earlier than the school semester's official end? From a legal immigration standpoint, that is. It just means I enjoy a somewhat longer summer, right?</p>
<p>It is possible to change the dates of your CPT; it’s up to your “designated school official” to approve that. </p>
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Ask your international student adviser. The law is phrased confusingly enough in that matter that I don’t want to venture a guess at an interpretation. If you’d like to see for yourself, look here: [Sec. 214.2(f) Students in colleges, universities, seminaries, conservatories, academic high schools, elementary schools, other academic institutions, and in language training programs --](<a href=“eCFR :: Title 8 of the CFR -- Aliens and Nationality”>eCFR :: Title 8 of the CFR -- Aliens and Nationality)</p>
<p>Here’s my guess: if you have a full-time courseload with a part-time internship, ending the internship early should not be a big deal. If your CPT authorization is for full-time employment, ending that early might be a problem because your full-time student status (and with it the validity of your visa) is tied to your job.</p>
<p>Thank you, Barium. Knew I could count on you to chime in with your knowledge. Good to know that CPT end dates can be changed retroactively, after it has been printed for the first time.</p>
<p>Yes, the internship is full-time. (Part-time CPT is unlimited, so I would not have to worry about that at all :D). Like you said, it really sounds like grey area to me if everything is ± 1 or 2 weeks only (eg: full time internship ending 2 weeks earlier than school’s official semester end). Maybe it’ll be up to the discretion of the DSO or CPT-granter person? ;)</p>