Change of Status B-2 to F-1

[Timona 4,207]

6 minutes ago, IowacityGuy said:

So it means you always have to enrolled in school and renew I-20 until you are on that status? Can you leave the country? 

 

He just got F-1 approved now. He came on B-2 in 2019 and applied for 3 extensions which took 18 months when all were approved at once. In between applying and approval, he was out of status. Which begs the question: are those approvals even valid now? Can he use them?

Edited May 5, 2021 by Timona

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

9 minutes ago, IowacityGuy said:

Can you leave the country? 

The application is abandoned if you leave the country. Leaving the country means you have no status in the US, and you cannot change or extend a status you don’t have.

[IowacityGuy 152]

2 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

The application is abandoned if you leave the country. Leaving the country means you have no status in the US, and you cannot change or extend a status you don’t have.

 

yeah! it makes sense. It's not worth it to be switched to F-1. People always have to be enrolled in school and pay tuition. They will charge him Out of state fees ( International Student fee) which is way more than a  domestic student. It does not provide a work permit. You can only work 20 hours on campus. 

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

3 minutes ago, IowacityGuy said:

 

yeah! it makes sense. It's not worth it to be switched to F-1. People always have to be enrolled in school and pay tuition. They will charge him Out of state fees ( International Student fee) which is way more than a  domestic student. It does not provide a work permit. You can only work 20 hours on campus. 

 

Um.... this is a different topic than the OP but I don’t really understand your point. It makes perfect sense to change to an F1 if you want to study. You seem to be visa shopping for something, anything allowing you to stay and work so obviously an F1 is not going to work for you.

[IowacityGuy 152]

29 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

Um.... this is a different topic than the OP but I don’t really understand your point. It makes perfect sense to change to an F1 if you want to study. You seem to be visa shopping for something, anything allowing you to stay and work so obviously an F1 is not going to work for you.

 Right. I understand OP posted a process to change from B2 to F1. But I am just mentioning the drawbacks. The two years wait for plus restrictions on F1. Student visa comes with lots of responsibilities. You cannot just get the visa and you are done. The student needs an I-20 form which needs to be renewed every semester from the international student office. It doesn't make sense to me to switch to F1 unless someone is trying to find a way to stay in the US.  I have been a student in this county and came on a F1 visa

Edited May 5, 2021 by IowacityGuy

[IowacityGuy 152]

36 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

Um.... this is a different topic than the OP but I don’t really understand your point. It makes perfect sense to change to an F1 if you want to study. You seem to be visa shopping for something, anything allowing you to stay and work so obviously an F1 is not going to work for you.

I am not shopping for anything. I am already a US citizen. I am just presenting my opinion. 

Edited May 5, 2021 by IowacityGuy

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

17 minutes ago, IowacityGuy said:

 Right. I understand OP posted a process to change from B2 to F1. But I am just mentioning the drawbacks. The two years wait for plus restrictions on F1. Student visa comes with lots of responsibilities. You cannot just get the visa and you are done. The student needs an I-20 form which needs to be renewed every semester from the international student office. It doesn't make sense to me to switch to F1 unless someone is trying to find a way to stay in the US.  I have been a student in this county and came on a F1 visa

I still don’t understand why it’s a “burden” of needing to stay registered as a student if you actually want to study, but whatever.

[IowacityGuy 152]

11 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

I still don’t understand why it’s a “burden” of needing to stay registered as a student if you actually want to study, but whatever.

It is not needing to stay registered. They have to be registered otherwise that person is out of status right away. The SEVIS number is mentioned on the I-20 form and USCIS keeps track of everything through that number. Btw I never intended to ask you anything. I posted those questions to OP. but you answered them anyway. . 

Edited May 5, 2021 by IowacityGuy

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

45 minutes ago, IowacityGuy said:

It is not needing to stay registered. They have to be registered otherwise that person is out of status right away. The SEVIS number is mentioned on the I-20 form and USCIS keeps track of everything through that number. Btw I never intended to ask you anything. I posted those questions to OP. but you answered them anyway. . 

🙄 i was addressing a comment you made in direct response to a post of mine quoting something I’d said