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F1-currently applying for OPT but my visa ends June 2021. Help please!

Hello, I am an F-1 student who is graduating this year and currently applying for OPT. My visa ends in June 2021 (this year) and I was wondering how to go about this. Do I need to wait until I get my OPT and EAD to renew my visa? And am I able to do that in the US? Do I fill out the form I-539 or do I have to go do an interview? Any help is appreciated. Please dumb it down for me.

In summary: 1) not sure if I need to apply to renew/extend visa now or after EAD comes in 2) not sure how to go about renewing visa: through filing form I-539 online or by going to somewhere to interview (if so where can I go to interview-anywhere in the US? or do I have to go back to my home country to go to the US embassy?)

Thank you!

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