About Change Status
Sep 19th 2002, 2:26 am
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About Change Status
Hello,
I just have one simple question! Can a Student change his/her
status in the US, I mean change from F1 to B1/B2? Someone say after
911, students are not allow to change status within US! Is it truth?
~Mike L.
I just have one simple question! Can a Student change his/her
status in the US, I mean change from F1 to B1/B2? Someone say after
911, students are not allow to change status within US! Is it truth?
~Mike L.
Sep 19th 2002, 2:37 am
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Re: About Change Status
Chengkai wrote:
> Hello,
> I just have one simple question! Can a Student change his/her
> status in the US, I mean change from F1 to B1/B2? Someone say after
Yes, you can.
> 911, students are not allow to change status within US! Is it truth?
Visitors on B2 status can not change *to* F1 in most cases.
> Hello,
> I just have one simple question! Can a Student change his/her
> status in the US, I mean change from F1 to B1/B2? Someone say after
Yes, you can.
> 911, students are not allow to change status within US! Is it truth?
Visitors on B2 status can not change *to* F1 in most cases.
Sep 19th 2002, 12:22 pm
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Re: About Change Status
"Chengkai" wrote in message
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> I just have one simple question! Can a Student change his/her
> status in the US, I mean change from F1 to B1/B2? Someone say after
> 911, students are not allow to change status within US! Is it truth?
There are two aspects to this question. One is the question of whether an
F-1 student status holder is *eligible* to change status in the U.S. at all.
The other is the chances of success of the F-1 student's request to change
status.
At present, an F-1 student status holder is eligible to apply to change
status, with no restrictions that I can think of. There is one recent
restriction on B-2 holders who apply to change to F-1 status, but it does
not forbid the application. It merely forbids enrolling in school until the
application has been approved.
There is a *proposed* rule which would forbid B-2 holders from applying to
change to F-1 status unless their intention to change to F-1 was endorsed by
the INS officer at the time of entry in B-2 status. But this is not now in
effect.
Now, concerning the chances of success: INS may or may not approve any
requested change, and it has always been that way. The chance of success
depends on the person's situation, whether the original intention at the
time of entry was valid, and whether the changed intention is valid, and
whether INS believes that the person will return to the home country at the
end of the authorized stay.
news:290d14d.0209190626.3b-
[email protected]...
> I just have one simple question! Can a Student change his/her
> status in the US, I mean change from F1 to B1/B2? Someone say after
> 911, students are not allow to change status within US! Is it truth?
There are two aspects to this question. One is the question of whether an
F-1 student status holder is *eligible* to change status in the U.S. at all.
The other is the chances of success of the F-1 student's request to change
status.
At present, an F-1 student status holder is eligible to apply to change
status, with no restrictions that I can think of. There is one recent
restriction on B-2 holders who apply to change to F-1 status, but it does
not forbid the application. It merely forbids enrolling in school until the
application has been approved.
There is a *proposed* rule which would forbid B-2 holders from applying to
change to F-1 status unless their intention to change to F-1 was endorsed by
the INS officer at the time of entry in B-2 status. But this is not now in
effect.
Now, concerning the chances of success: INS may or may not approve any
requested change, and it has always been that way. The chance of success
depends on the person's situation, whether the original intention at the
time of entry was valid, and whether the changed intention is valid, and
whether INS believes that the person will return to the home country at the
end of the authorized stay.
