out of student state

[emilychen 0]

hi

Today my school tell me i am out of my student state because they make a mistake in my i-20.

in my i-20, "the student is excepted to report to the school no later than 07/20/2011 and complete studies not later than 08/26/2011" ,it means that the length is 1 months, but in my i-20 "the normal length of study is 12 months." these two parts are different.

But now i am continuing studying in this school, but i am out of student state. what i need to and will i be penalty?

Edited October 13, 2011 by emilychen

[Boiler 45,794]

Your I 94 should say d/s, so it sounds like the school need to get their act together, what do they say they are doing?

[Harsh_77 718]

it is an error on your schools side they should fix it. Looks like whoever typed in the date did a typo instead of 2012 they did 2011.

School can fix this and issue u a new i-20 that should take care it.

[emilychen 0]

thank you, i will go to school to ask my teacher.

[Harsh_77 718]

thank you, i will go to school to ask my teacher.

You need to talk to DSO or someone in your school's international student's office.

Your teacher cannot do anything about it.

[emilychen 0]

i have talked to someone who signed in my i-20 and work in my school's international student's office.

first, She let me fill in one form and write a letter to government. second, she took my i-20 and i-94 away from me .

Finally, She tell me she will send all of them to the American government and she tell me i just need wait 2 weeks for the government' respond.

she tell me she can't make sure i can continue study in the united states. but it is very clear that this is her mistake ,not my mistake.

now i hope the government'respond is ok.

,

[Deputy Purple 1,294]

first, She let me fill in one form and write a letter to government. second, she took my i-20 and i-94 away from me .

Finally, She tell me she will send all of them to the American government and she tell me i just need wait 2 weeks for the government' respond.

I sure hope to retained copies of the forms she took from you...

[emilychen 0]

she told me she gave copies to me on next Monday.

i filled out a reinstatement form and I paid for 290 dollars. she tells me she will pay back the money to me because this is her mistake.

[Harsh_77 718]

she told me she gave copies to me on next Monday.

i filled out a reinstatement form and I paid for 290 dollars. she tells me she will pay back the money to me because this is her mistake.

You should not have to pay anymoney to reinstate as it was clearly a clerical error.

[Deputy Purple 1,294]

You should not have to pay anymoney to reinstate as it was clearly a clerical error.

And you should never surrender any documents without first having copies and getting a receipt from the person who took the documents.

[emilychen 0]

i know i don't need to pay for any money.

but she says there two choices: first one, when i paid for this fee she will send all materials today and she will pay the money back to me. second one, i wait for my university to pay for the money, but they will send all materials after 2 weeks. of course, i choice the first one.

[emilychen 0]

i have found exactly step to reinstate my student status, http://www.upenn.edu/oip/isss/f1/reinstatement

[Darnell 8,478]

well, great - you have some path.

for anyone else reading this, though.

note there is a difference between

'the clerk at the typewriter'

and

the DSO at the international student office.

ALWAYS DEAL WITH THE DSO

and

NEVER SURRENDER your I-94. Folks at the international student office are allowed to make copies of it for their records, and that's it.

[emilychen 0]

well, great - you have some path.

for anyone else reading this, though.

note there is a difference between

'the clerk at the typewriter'

and

the DSO at the international student office.

ALWAYS DEAL WITH THE DSO

and

NEVER SURRENDER your I-94. Folks at the international student office are allowed to make copies of it for their records, and that's it.

thanks, tomorrow i will go to see the DSO. The day in my i-20 complete studies not later than 08/26/2011. plus 60 days, i need to leave the united states before 10/25/2011, right? i think it is terrible because i am studying now.

[Little_My 464]

If I understood your first post correctly, the school just made a mistake on your I-20 and typed in a wrong date. If that is the case, they just need to update the information in SEVIS and print you a new I-20, that's all.

Edited October 18, 2011 by Little_My