Hi dear friends, I have a question about international students in the U.S. who are on F1 status;?
Answer:
You asked the same question before. Talk to your school advisor.
The school you plan to enroll has to be officially recognized in order for you to study as an F-1. You will have to check the reputation of the school and if it is an approved school.
" Current USCIS regulations recognize the following as approved schools:
A school operated as a public educational institution by federal, state, or local government; and
A school accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency.
If an institution of higher education does not fall into one of these two categories, it must submit evidence that its course credits are accepted by at least three accredited schools."
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/m...
Here you will find a list of approved schools:
http://www.ice.gov/sevis/students/index....
umm do you want to work that is why you want to take an online course?
no, you can't. but if you need immigration services i can help.
Probably not! Probably yes! Are you asking if you can be enrolled in some thing like Univ of Phoenix with a I 20 issued by Univ of Phoenix. FIrst of all, the school you want to transfer to should be able to admit you into a program and issue an I 20. If they can do it, you should be able to move. If they don't issue an I 20, you wont be able to move.
1) Most grad schools transfer 6 credits and undergrad schools transfer 12 .Very few transfer 9 grad credits .So if you have done 20 or more grad credits you are losing many credits as they are not transferable
2) If you are looking to work by moving to a online program so that you can work 9-5, its not simply possible as the F1 visa doesn't allow you to work right away (other than on a CPT/OPT, which you need to have it authorized on your I 20)
HTH
I don't know if you can "transfer" to a university that provides classes only online. But you should contact the online university that you want to attend and ask if they can give you a new I-20 for you and when they can give you your I-20.
As you might know, your F-1 status becomes valid when you have the I-20 form from your school and if you don't have the I-20 from the school that you are attending, your status as a F-1 will be lost. So, you should contact the online school that you want to attend immediately before you quit your current school.
By the way, one of my acquaintances who is a green card holder got her Master's degree in teaching K-12 (focusing more on teaching 7th to 12th graders )at University of Phoenix, one of the well known online universities in the US. But her degree wasn't accepted when she applied for a teaching job at her local school because the online university was not accepted as an accredited university to teach 7th to 12 th graders at the school she applied for even though the university says it's an accredited university. But her application was finally accepted at an elementary school 6 months after she substituted students at the elementary school even though she wanted to teach students who are older than 6 graders because that was her degree at the university. So be careful when you apply for online university. You might be able to take classes and graduate faster but you won't be sure your degree will be considered useful or accepted until you apply for a job.....
Edit: I just read one of your past posts. And I found out that currently you are an ESL student and purposely lowered your English skills to start a class from the lowest level when you took placement tests. And right now you don't like to be in the class and try to get out of the ESL program because the director and your teacher don't believe that your English skills are good enought to take the higher level English classes.
Well, if you think your English skills are good enough, take a TOEFL test as soon as possible. And show the test result to your teacher and the director later to convince them that your English skills are much better than what they think. And until you get your test result back to you, just stay in the program. I know staying in the program isn't a good choice in a way but you actually did it for yourself. I don't know how old you are but you need to be responsible for your action, you know. Right now, you are a F-1 student so you can't easily quit the program because if you quit, you need to immediately go back to your country. So you need to think very carefully.
And you might be able to take the ESL courses along with non-degree courses at a college. So contact the Admissions and Records and ask if you can take some classes as a non-degree student or not. If your English is good enough, you don't need to take ESL courses, but take some classes that you are interested in at college. Or if you can't take any classes as a non-degree student because you are too late to register for any classes, find some volunteer jobs not to make you feel bored living in the states. You can't work and get paid but you can volunteer. That's not against the law. So think about that.
By the way, if your TOEFL score is more than 250, you can still take some ESL courses if you want. You don't need to take ESL courses but if you want to take some classes, you can do that.
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