多谢大侠指点。我没有说清楚。我要在夏天答辩，所以不确定学校会同意写我已经完成所有的要求。
-Ask your advisor and Department Chair to tak to your Graduate Dean.
如果拿不到这样一封信，还能怎麽办？
-Why don't you just apply for the OPT and use OPT EAD to work? Then, you can do the H1 application later. The school H1 does not need the H1 quote, so it does not matter whne you file the H1 petition.
