Students and Employment - USCIS The F-1 Visa (Academic Student) allows you to enter the United States as a full-time student at an accredited college, university, seminary, conservatory, academic high school, elementary school, or other academic institution or in a language training program You must be enrolled in a program or course of study that culminates in a degree
Estudiantes y Empleo - USCIS Visa de Estudiante F-1 La categoría de Visa F-1 (Estudiante Académico) le permite entrar a los Estados Unidos en calidad de estudiante a tiempo completo de un instituto, universidad, seminario, conservatorio, escuela secundaria (superior) académica, u otra institución o un programa de capacitación lingüística
Chapter 2 - Eligibility Requirements - USCIS See 9 FAM 402 5-5(C), Qualifying for a Student Visa (F-1 M-1) See 8 CFR 214 3(k) For more information about DSO requirements, see DHS’s Designated School Officials webpage See 22 CFR 41 61(b)(1)(ii) See ICE’s I-901 SEVIS Fee webpage for information on the fee requirement and how to pay the fee
Optional Practical Training (OPT) for F-1 Students | USCIS Cap-gap Extension for F-1 Students with Approved H-1B Petitions If you are an F-1 student with a timely filed H-1B petition and change of status request, and your F-1 status and employment authorization will expire before the change of status to H-1B occurs (typically Oct 1), you may be eligible for a cap-gap extension
Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background - USCIS A Purpose The F and M nonimmigrant visa categories are for aliens seeking to study in the United States The nonimmigrant academic student (F-1) classification allows an alien to enter the United States as a full-time student at a U S college, university, seminary, conservatory, academic high school, private elementary school, other academic institution, or in a language training program
Students and Exchange Visitors - USCIS Students: Academic and Vocational (F and M visas) Exchange Visitors (J visas) F-1: Academic students: F-2: Spouses and children of F-1: F-3: Canadian or Mexican national academic commuter students: M-1: Vocational students: M-2: Spouses and children of M-1: M-3: Canadian or Mexican national vocational commuter students: J-1: Exchange visitors
Part F - Students (F, M) - USCIS 2 USCIS-PM F 2 - Chapter 2 - Eligibility Requirements 2 USCIS-PM F 3 - Chapter 3 - Courses and Enrollment, Full Course of Study, and Reduced Course Load 2 USCIS-PM F 4 - Chapter 4 - School Transfer 2 USCIS-PM F 5 - Chapter 5 - Practical Training 2 USCIS-PM F 6 - Chapter 6 - Employment 2 USCIS-PM F 7 - Chapter 7 - Absences From the United
7. 4. 2 F-1 and M-1 Nonimmigrant Students - USCIS Optional Practical Training (OPT) for F-1 Students – EAD Required OPT provides practical training experience that directly relates to an F-1 nonimmigrant’s major area of study on the Form I-20 An F-1 student authorized for OPT may work up to 20 hours per week while school is in session and full-time when school is not in session
Chapter 5 - Practical Training - USCIS F-1 students who do not qualify for a cap-gap extension because they do not meet the requirements noted above, and whose periods of authorized stay expire before October 1, are required to leave the United States, apply for an H-1B visa at a consular post abroad, and seek readmission to the United States in H-1B status for the dates reflected
Cómo Cambiar a un Estatus de Estudiante No Inmigrante F o M Presente su solicitud de visa F-1 o M-1 en un consulado o embajada estadounidense para viajar a Estados Unidos con el fin de buscar obtener admisión en calidad de estudiante; Si usted proviene de un país donde no se requiere una visa, como por ejemplo Canadá, puede proceder directamente a un puerto de entrada estadounidense o una estación