VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE + VALID F1
Aug 14th 2002, 8:25 pm
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VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE + VALID F1
Hello: I am asking this question for a friend. Here is his situation: Worked after
graduation on F1 visa (OPT) Changed to H1B Was laid Off Reverted back to OPT(F1) Got
a job with a company Started working with just H1 Receipt( Portability does not
apply) Got arrested and agreed to Voluntary departure
He has a still valid F1 on his passport, his university gave him a new I-20.
Is it as simple for him as to just leave the country , to comply with the volunatry
departure, and come back? Or will the INS not let him back in even though he has a
valid F1 and a valid I-20?
Thank you
graduation on F1 visa (OPT) Changed to H1B Was laid Off Reverted back to OPT(F1) Got
a job with a company Started working with just H1 Receipt( Portability does not
apply) Got arrested and agreed to Voluntary departure
He has a still valid F1 on his passport, his university gave him a new I-20.
Is it as simple for him as to just leave the country , to comply with the volunatry
departure, and come back? Or will the INS not let him back in even though he has a
valid F1 and a valid I-20?
Thank you
Aug 15th 2002, 5:43 pm
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Re: VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE + VALID F1
Originally posted by Helping Afriend:
Hello: I am asking this question for a friend. Here is his situation: Worked after
graduation on F1 visa (OPT) Changed to H1B Was laid Off Reverted back to OPT(F1) Got
a job with a company Started working with just H1 Receipt( Portability does not
apply) Got arrested and agreed to Voluntary departure
He has a still valid F1 on his passport, his university gave him a new I-20.
Is it as simple for him as to just leave the country , to comply with the volunatry
departure, and come back? Or will the INS not let him back in even though he has a
valid F1 and a valid I-20?
Thank you
Hello: I am asking this question for a friend. Here is his situation: Worked after
graduation on F1 visa (OPT) Changed to H1B Was laid Off Reverted back to OPT(F1) Got
a job with a company Started working with just H1 Receipt( Portability does not
apply) Got arrested and agreed to Voluntary departure
He has a still valid F1 on his passport, his university gave him a new I-20.
Is it as simple for him as to just leave the country , to comply with the volunatry
departure, and come back? Or will the INS not let him back in even though he has a
valid F1 and a valid I-20?
Thank you
Regardless of that if he's been arrested and already agreed to leave he definitely would want a lawyer.
Aug 18th 2002, 12:55 pm
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Re: VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE + VALID F1
mailmena [email protected] wrote:
>I don't think he can change back from H1 to F1 just by having valid I-20 and
F1 visa.
Some foreigners think that since the letter H looks like the letter F, it should be
easy to alter the visa by moving the bottom left corner of H to the top, and erasing
the right side of H, H will now look like an F.
>I don't think he can change back from H1 to F1 just by having valid I-20 and
F1 visa.
Some foreigners think that since the letter H looks like the letter F, it should be
easy to alter the visa by moving the bottom left corner of H to the top, and erasing
the right side of H, H will now look like an F.
