维持F-1学生签证身份
Use 的 information on this page to help you maintain your F-1 签证 Student Status.
保持自己地位的步骤
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Students must report to campus within 30 days after entering 的 country and within 当前会话开始日期的30天. 学生不能再进入这个国家 than 30 days before program start 日期 on 的 I-20.
始终注册全日制课程
F-1 visa students must maintain full-time student status every semester, this is defined as 12 credit hours for undergraduate students and 6 credit hours for graduate students. F-1 students may only count 3 credit-hours of online courses toward full-time enrollment 需求.
重要的! If you are considering admission to 的 College of Graduate Studies, please note that some programs are not available to international students due to 的 F-1 需求 which restrict online course enrollment.
更新您的本地地址
Federal immigration regulations require you to up日期 your local residential address within 10 days of any address change within 的 U.S. 包括一个住所的变化 大厅到另一个.
Maintain 的 validity of your immigration documents
如果你是在美国境外旅行.S.你的护照和签证应该是有效的. 不要让你的护照过期. 你的护照至少要保持有效 six months into 的 future while you are studying in 的 U.S. 咨询你所在国家的 驻美国领事馆或大使馆.S. 续签护照. 你可以找到联系人 你的领事馆资料: http://travel.状态.政府.
如果你的签证在美国期间到期.S.，联系F-1国际学生 顾问在离开美国之前.S. 因为你需要再申请一个 学生签证后才能回国.
- As long as your I-20 record in SEVIS is current and in good status, you do not need 留在美国的有效签证. 有效的F-1签证只需要 international travel to re-enter 的 United States.
如果我丢了护照该怎么办? I-94? I-20? DS-2019? 签证?
更新/更改项目日期
If you will finish your studies early or late (before or after 的 program end 日期 listed on your I-20), you must contact 的 F-1国际学生顾问. 你 必须申请延期吗.
If you do not up日期 的 program 日期s on your SEVIS record, 的 record will terminate 你就会“失去地位”.
Notify 的 F-1国际学生顾问 when you leave 的 U.S. 或者改变你的 签证状态.
当你完成你的课程，离开美国.S. 永久的，或者如果你换了另一个 签证状态 (for instance if an employer plans to do an H1B visa application for you after you graduate or you finish your OPT), let 的 F-1国际学生顾问 亲自或通过电子邮件了解.
更改您的节目日期 更新资料表格.
Discuss transfer plans with a designated school official (DSO)
If you plan to transfer to ano的r school or to go on to attend graduate school after you graduate from 奥斯汀佩伊州立大学, notify 的 F-1国际学生顾问.
保留移民文件的副本
Keep copies of all immigration documents including 的 passport photo/information page, 的 visa page of your passport, your I-94 Form (both sides, even if 的 back side has no writing, if you received 的 card version on re-entry), 的 I-20 (for F-1 visa students), and keep all copies of any previous I-20s issued to you during 你作为国际学生的时光.
Remember to keep all immigration documents in a safe place. 如果可能的话 emergency, carry your immigration documents on your body.
如果我丢了护照该怎么办? I-94? I-20? DS-2019? 签证?
状态常见问题
Contact 的 F-1国际学生顾问 prior to changing your educational program 或水平. For example, if your I-20 状态s that you are studying chemistry and you want to change your program of study to marketing, you must notify 的 F-1 International 学生顾问. All program changes must be up日期d in 的 SEVIS system. 如果你有 graduated from an undergraduate program and will be beginning graduate studies, you must notify 的 F-1国际学生顾问 and request a change of degree level.
改变你的学位课程或级别 更新资料表格.
F-1 students are not permitted to work off campus (outside of 的 university) without 之前的授权. Off-campus employment is any type of work or services performed in exchange for money, tuition, fees, books, supplies, room, food, or any o的r benefit that does not take place on 的 奥斯汀佩伊州立大学 campus.
Students with financial problems should speak with 的 F-1国际学生顾问 but should never work off campus without first requesting 的 work through SEVIS. If you are currently authorized to work off campus due to economic hardship, your off-campus work authorization terminates when you transfer. 你必须重新申请 新学校的校外工作许可.
All F-1 students are permitted to work on campus for 20 hours per week during 的 academic year and 40 hours per week during summer and winter breaks.
看到 校园内外就业 了解更多信息.
你 must have 的 third page of your I-20 form signed by a university Designated School 旅行前的官方(DSO). The signature 日期 on your I-20 is valid for only one year of travel; check to make sure 的 signature is and will be valid upon return.
Before leaving you must check to make sure that your student visa will still be valid 在再次进入美国时.S. If not, you will need to apply for a new visa prior to 你回美国了.S.
你 must make sure that your passport is valid up to six months after your re-entry 日期.
Carry your I-20, passport, visa, financial support documentation, and o的r proof of student identification including transcripts, student I.D.，以及紧急联系人 information for 的 365bet SEVIS PDSO (Primary Designated School Official) or DSO (Designated School Official) on your person when leaving and re-entering 的 U.S. 不要放置 在你的托运行李里.
If you need to renew your visa in order to re-enter 的 United States you must apply 亲自到美国去.S. 驻外使领馆. 申请人通常须 to submit 的 following documentation: valid passport, current passport-size photographs, valid Form I-20 (3 pages), proof of financial support (bank 状态ments and/or scholarship, or financial aid letter) and proof of enrollment (certificate of enrollment or transcript).
看到 国际旅行 了解更多信息.