Wednesday, July 3, 2013

F1 Visa To Study In The United States

By Julie Bauernschmitd


Visa is a document which is needed along with passport to enter any foreign country. F1 visa is a type of student visas which are allotted to full time students who are willing to complete their education in U. S. F type visas are provided by government of United States for students who want to continue their education in U. S colleges. These documents are provided in U. S embassies which are there in almost all countries. Applicants should produce i-20 form from their selected college.

The candidate should state his economic ability to support his stay for that time period in U. S. This is most important because U. S laws prevents these students to work on legal jobs to earn money or the opportunity to work are narrow. F2 visas can be availed by spouse and other dependents of F1 holder. F2 holders are not allowed to work on any jobs during this time period.

Minor children of these dependents can attend public schools during their stay. There are 3 types in this F series. One and two are as described above and the last one is F3 visas which are provided to border commuters, these are provided to Mexican and Canadian citizens only. You must reside in your own country and while attending school in U. S to get this third kind of permission.

Canadian and Mexican students were treated as visitors on earlier days. Attack of September 11 changed everything and F3 concept was brought into existence. Full time students of foreign origin are permitted to work for 20 hours a week within the campus and they are not supposed to leave the campus for work.

By getting the immigration services and citizenship one can be able to work outside the campus. The academic procedure which also includes a 12 months of practical training permission can be given to students. Science and technical students can work for 29 months as per the law amended in 2008. While this time duration student should not exceed more than 90 days as an unemployed.

F1 holders are exempted from Federal Insurance Contribution act taxes. This tax exemption is applicable for first 5 years of their stay. Anyhow they are intended to pay other applicable federal and local taxes. Students who file their income tax need to use non resident 1040NR and 1040NR-EZ tax forms if their stay in states is of less than 5 years. These rules also differ based on country of origin.

Applicant must satisfy all the U. S immigration and national act guidelines to get such documents. Consular officer decides whether to grant the permission or no based on the application. The candidate should be willing to leave the U. S after completing the academic period. Applicant should be economically capable to support their time period in U. S.

F1 Visas are formatted for the foreign students to study in U. S. Candidate should submit admission letter from the university and all the other required documents. Embassies review the applications based on some legal criteria. The embassy shall grant the visas if the entire criterion are satisfied by the candidate.




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1 comment:

  1. Nice Post!!! Now students prefer mostly to Study Abroad in USA and mostly for the Study Masters in USA. This is only because they provides them the world class expert faculties and the facilities to them. Thanks for sharing.

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