Form 1-17 - Petition For Approval Of School For Attendance By Nonimmigrant Student (Page 2 of 11) in pdf

For all other petitioners, the check or money order must be

(b) a seminary that trains priests, ministers or

payable to the "Immigration and Naturalization Service."

rabbis and awards a degree or certificate;

When a check is drawn on the account of a person other than

the petitioner, the name of the petitioner must be entered on the

dramatic arts and awards a degree or

face of the check. Personal checks are accepted subject to

certificate;

collection. An uncollectible check will render the petition and

any document issued pursuant to it as invalid, and a charge of

(d) a public or private academic high

$30.00 will be imposed.

school (grades 9 - 12) that provides

college preparatory instruction.

V. Execution of Petition.

(e) a private elementary school (grades K-8) that

includes lower, middle and junior high schools.

A petition filed on behalf of a public school must be made by

the school board and signed by its president or chairman.

An institution that provides language training, instruction in

the liberal arts or fine arts, or instruction in the professions,

In the case of a petition on behalf of a public school, complete

or instruction or training in more than one of these

only questions 1 through 7, and 9, 11, 12 and 14. In all other

disciplines encompasses many types of training programs in

cases, each question on the form must be fully completed.

which academic requirements (e.g., math, humanities and

science) supplement career education. Included are training

programs offered at Montessori academies, culinary arts

Only those categories of institutions listed at 8 CFR 214.3(a)

and/or food service management institutes, certain

may be considered for approval.

business schools and computer programming schools.

The INS will return a petition that does not clearly identify the

NOTE: If such programs described in the paragraph

category under which the school seeks approval, or indicates

immeditely above award a recognized degree, the school

eligibility to enroll a classification of students for which it is not

should seek approval as a college or university or a

eligible (e.g., a vocational school seeking to enroll F-1s).

community, junior or two-year college as described above in

this section under (a).

A post-secondary institution that operates a high school and

seeks aproval for both post-secondary and high school

2. Categories of M-1 Schools:

students must submit two separate petitions with fees.

M-1 schools are community colleges, or junior or two-year

colleges that provide vocational or technical training,

1. Categories of F-1 Schools:

usually leading to a job rather than a bachelor's degree,

and that award recognized associate degrees These

F-1 institutions are:

schools are discussed below:

(a) a college or university or community college, junior

or two-year college as discussed below:

(a) a vocational high school (grades 9 - 12) that

provides instruction in the trades or technical

occupations;

(1) a college or university is an institution of

higher learning that awards recognized bachelor's,

master's, doctors or professional degrees;

(b) a community college or junior college that

provides vocational or technical training and

(2) a community college, junior or two-year

awards recognized associate degrees;

college is an institution that provides instruction

in the liberal arts or in the professions and awards

recognized associate's degrees.

academic training, other than language training,

usually a for-profit (or proprietary) concern that

Both categories are distinguished by the award of a

may award a certificate or unrecognized degree,

recognized degree.

including religious schools, other than

seminaries; acting or drama schools, other than

NOTE: To qualify as "recognized," a degree must be issued

conservatories; flight schools, hair styling

by an institution accredited by a nationally recognized

academies, secretarial schools, acupuncture

accrediting agency or association to confer a degree of the

schools and computer technology institutes.

type and level in question. A nationally recognized

accrediting agency is one that has been determined by the

Secretary of Education to be a reliable authority as to the

quality of the type of instruction in question.

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