Reinstatement To F-1 Status printable pdf download

F-1 S

EINSTATEMENT TO

TATUS

According to Immigration regulations, students fall out of F-1 status for any of the following violations:

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Failure to pursue a full course of study at the school last authorized to attend.

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Failure to enroll at U.B. in the first term which began after leaving a previous school.

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Failure to complete the school transfer procedure with the International Affairs Office within 15

days of the date school began.

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Failure to complete a program update within the grace period time when moving from one

program to another at U.B.

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Failure to apply for and receive an extension of stay prior to the I-20 expiration.

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Unlawful employment. Please note that this violation of status does not qualify for

reinstatement.

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Failure to receive permission to reduce your full time course load prior to the start of the term or

the withdrawal date.

Eligibility for reinstatement

F-1 students are eligible to apply for reinstatement if all the following apply:

You have not been out of status for more than 5 months at the time of filing the request for

reinstatement.

You demonstrate that failure to file within the 5 month period was the result of exceptional

circumstances and that you filed the request for reinstatement as promptly as possible under

these

exceptional circumstances. The $200 SEVIS fee will be required prior to applying for

reinstatement. Instructions for paying the SEVIS fee will be stapled to your new I-20 form.

You do not have a record of repeated or willful violations of immigration regulations.

You are currently pursuing or intend to pursue a full course of study in the immediate future at

the school that issued the I-20 form.

You have not engaged in unauthorized employment.

You are not deportable on any other grounds.

You establish to the immigration office that the violation of status resulted from circumstances

beyond your control. Examples may include:

i. Serious injury or illness

ii. Closure of the school you were attending

iii. Natural disaster

iv. Inadvertence, oversight or neglect by your International Student Advisor

The violation relates to a reduction in your full time course load that would have been within

your International Student Advisor’s power to authorize and that failure to receive an approval of

reinstatement would result in extreme hardship.

If you have violated your F-1 status and will be staying in the United States, may choose to file a reinstatement

Reinstatement To F-1 Status

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