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持f-1签证的国际学生移民指南

整个学习过程

我们部门. 国土安全部要求每个学生 F-1学生签证 to be enrolled full-time every semester on campus when student resides in the US to maintain their legal status and to keep their I-20 active.
Here is the description for fulltime registration per semester:

12学分(最少)
8学分(最低)
神学硕士(最低9学分)

The minimum number of credits requirements to maintain legal student status, 应该在校园上课吗. 然而, if there is a reason for student to take any courses online/distant, 然后, the student must register for a minimum of 75% of his/her coursework on campus (face-to-face) and the remainder of 25% can be taken online/distant course. •
距离 Education/online classes limit for F1 students residing in the US - No more than the equivalent of one on-line/distance education class (maximum 3 credits UG/2 credits GR) per semester may count towards the "full course of study" requirement. (例如, 如果学生每学期需要注册8个学分, 6个学分必须在校学习，2个学分可以在线学习.)

** No person (non-immigrant) on a F1 or F2 visa status should be admitted into a program of study that is offered entirely online while they are still residing in the US nor be permitted to register for classes under the same visa class while being in the US.

** The only person/s that could be admitted and engage in a totally online program of study are students that are not residing within the borders of the US.

**F2是发给F1学生家属的签证. Person/s holding a F2 visa status is not allowed to study (unless they are under the age of 18) or work in the US unless they change the visa status to F1.

A student will automatically lose his/her student legal status if they fall below the above-mentioned minimum. Consequently, he/she needs to apply for reinstatement (restoring one’s legal status). Approval is not guaranteed and application process may take up to 5 months. •
经审计的贷款和提款 不计入维持合法学生身份. In case there are no classes being offered for the specific degree, “fluff” classes or additional classes must still be taken in order to reach the minimum number of credits to maintain legal student status.
The consequences of losing one’s legal student status are: 1) the present I-20 is no longer valid for any purpose and must be replaced by a new one; 2) the student cannot apply to the USCIS for such privileges as CPT, 选择, 经济困难工作许可, 或者程序扩展. Even signing a student’s I-20 for travel is prohibited if the student has not maintained his/her legal status.
夏季学期是假期学期. 学生 do not have to enroll or can enroll for a lesser course load during this time except if the initial (first semester) of attendance is summer semester, student would still have to be registered as fulltime student in order to maintain his/her legal status.
International students who have completed all requirements for the degree (毕业/Marching is irrelevant) are required to leave the country within the grace period of 60 days unless student is applying for 选择 (optional practical training or continuing on with another degree program of study). They are not allowed to stay in the country to finish any incomplete courses or DGs. 学生 who do not register for the following semester will be considered out of status. Taking the semester off is not applicable for those who do not have any more classes (required or elective) to register for their degree. International students cannot take fluff classes in order to stay in the country after they have registered for all required and elective classes for their degrees.
Other deviations from the full-course-of-study requirement (documentation is required from the appropriate people):

Medical reason— the student must provide a statement from the health-care practitioner requiring or recommending the interruption or reduction in studies.
Academic reason – If student is doing poorly in his/her academic program of study due to lack of language proficiency, could be registered in the “bridge program” (part time within the program of study and part time in CIEP (非母语英语课程 as commonly known).
研究生 students who have completed formal course-work—If the student is engaged in comprehensive exam preparation, 项目论文, 或论文, the student should be enrolled as such or obtain documentation from his/her academic advisor that formal coursework is complete, 学生从事这些项目, 并且被认为是在完成一个完整的学习过程.
Completing programs during the current term—If a student has less than the minimum to complete the degree, the student should provide documentation from an academic advisor that the student is completing their final credits in the current semester.

f-1学生项目延期

F-1 students are allowed to stay in the US until the completion of a degree program or the completion date stated in their I-20, 先到者为准. 然而, if students do not complete the program by the date stated on their I-20, they must apply for an extension of the I-20 no more than 30 days BEFORE the I-20 expires. I-20过期后不能延期. A request to USICS for reinstatement to student status is required.