About HenryKnows

HenryKnows is built and written by an active Designated School Official (DSO) at a large public university. The author advises F-1 and J-1 international students daily — the OPT deadlines, SEVIS records, transfers, and status questions that the HenryKnows guides are drawn from are the same ones that cross a DSO's desk every term.

The author also holds a Juris Doctor, and writes here in a personal capacity and as a DSO, not as a lawyer: the guides are general information from a practitioner's vantage point, not legal advice, and not guidance from any school or government agency. This site is an independent project, unaffiliated with any university or government agency. Where a guide states a rule, it cites the regulation — and links the exact paragraph of the rule text — so you can verify it yourself.

Henry, the compliance assistant behind this site, exists to give students and the professionals who advise them instant, sourced answers to the questions that can't wait for office hours.