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MAINTAINING F-1 STATUS

作为一名F1学生,你有责任保持你的移民身份. 为了做到这一点,你必须做一些重要的事情来保持你的地位:

  • Keep your passport valid.
  • Enroll and take a full course load every semester; if you cannot study full-time, contact your DSO immediately.
  • 在每学期(秋季)开始的时候,到DSO报到, 春季),以核实当前的注册和更新的联系信息,如地址的任何变化的DSO, phone or email.
  • Attend and pass all your classes. If school is too difficult, speak with your DSO immediately.
  • Obtain extensions of stay as needed. 如果你认为你将无法在I-20表上列出的截止日期前完成你的课程.
  • Do not participate in unauthorized employment.
  • Do not withdraw from school without notifying JSU全球 ISSS.

Notify your JSU全球 ISSS Advisor and Get Permission if:

  • 你打算 Reduced Courseload.
  • 你打算 work off campus.
  • 你打算 transfer to or from JSU.
  • You want to change your academic education level (e.g.,文学士至文学硕士).
  • 更改姓名或地址——在更改后10天内完成.
  • You change your major or program.
  • Take a break from school.
  • Request a program extension.
  • Travel outside the United States.

FULL COURSE LOAD GUIDELINES

  • Full-time status is defined as 12 hours for undergraduate students; 9 hours for Doctoral and Masters Students during the academic year (fall and spring terms). 每学期你都需要到办公室报到并出示全日制注册证明(课程表)。. 如果你不是全日制学生,你必须符合减少课程负担的资格,并让你的学术顾问完成表格.
  • On-line and distance education courses. 在任何学期中,您只能将一门在线或远程教育课程(3学分)计入您的全日制注册. You may not sign up for more than one on-line class.
  • Summer registration requirements. You are only required to register for the fall and spring. 但是,如果你被夏季学期录取,如果夏季是你的 第一个 semester, you must register for 6 hours for the summer term.
  • Minimum enrollment requirements.  获得JSU全球ISSS批准以减少课程负担的学生必须至少注册6小时,除非批准是基于您的最后学习学期, or medical reasons.

REDUCED COURSE LOAD GUIDELINES

移民法要求国际学生每年秋季和春季学期都要报满课程. 在某些情况下,在学生学术顾问的建议下,JSU国际学生服务中心可以批准减少课程负担 Reduced Courseload Form. 减少课程负担的原因有以下几种:

  • Initial difficulties with the English Language.
  • Unfamiliarity with American teaching methods.
  • Initial difficulties with reading requirements.
  • Improper course level placement.
  • 只有在有执照的医疗专业人员的建议下才会出现医疗状况. 健康状况豁免合计不得超过12个月.
  • 如果完成学位所需的课程较少,则为最后一学期或学期. 如果论文或论文是留下完成,学生必须注册下继续注册.

EVENTS THAT REQUIRE YOU TO UPDATE YOUR I-20

I-20表格是一份联邦政府文件,向美国政府证明国际学生有资格获得F1学生签证. If you I-20 is about to expire, 过时的, 损坏的, lost or stolen you should notify JSU全球 ISSS immediately. 每个学期,你必须到办公室注册当前学期,并更新DSO的任何更改. JSU全球 ISSS必须通过SEVIS向国土安全部报告I-20表格的更新或更改,并且必须在I-20上进行更改. 即使你毕业了,也要把每一份I-20作为你的永久记录. Do not discard the old ones, 甚至是以前学校的,以防你需要他们来申请未来的移民福利. Updates may include:

  • New/Current Semester  在每学期(秋季和春季学期)开始时,学生需要到办公室更新当前注册状态的DSO, or chnages and receive a new I-20 form. 
  • Program Extension 如果你不能在表格上注明的完成日期之前完成课程,请在I-20到期前30天联系JSU全球
  • Changing Schools 为了保持你的F1状态,保持一个完整的课程负荷是很重要的. 如果您决定转学,请联系JSU国际学生服务中心. 有关将您的SEVIS记录转移到新学校的信息,请访问 转移 Procedures.
  • Change of Level 如果你已经从目前的学习项目中毕业,并计划继续在澳门皇冠体育的另一个项目中学习(例如, change from a Master’s degree program to a Doctoral program).
  • Change of Major 如果你被一个专业录取或者你换了专业(比如, Business Administration to Criminal Justice)
  • Change of Funding If there is a change in the source or amount of your funding.
  • 名称的改变 The name on your I-20 should match the name on your passport

UPON PROGRAM COMPLETION

一旦你的课程完成(你已经毕业或完成了实践培训),你就必须采取行动保持你的合法身份,否则你就会在你的学习项目结束后离开美国. 作为F级学生,在I-20上的项目结束日期之后,你有60天的时间离开美国. 如果您希望延长在美国的停留时间,您必须:

  • 转移 to another school; or
  • Change your education level (e.g. bachelor’s to 硕士); or
  • 应用 to change status to another visa status.
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