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i didn't think so. i found something very interesting on the nafsa page: http://www.nafsa.org/_/Document/_/june_2005_sevis_policy.pdf this is from june 2005, and i'm not sure if there's been a regulatory change since then on this matter or not. i have a feeling that dso's are advised by...

LucyMO, where do you find in writing that it has to be the "first available semester"? i found the "5 months" part on the sevis site, but i can't seem to find the other information.

i'm already in the US on F-1. what do you mean by "file F-1 application now"? does that have to be done from my home country?

no, i haven't been accepted. it's a community college so i'm thinking i'll most likely be accepted. i was going to wait til next year to do everything just to make it look all legitimate, like i didn't just wait til the first day of class to get a new i-20.

winter semester the winter semester starts on the 17th of january. the offices won't open til the 10th of january so if i start the application process in january i don't think there's enough time. do i HAVE TO start the process in december to be safe? i guess my question is 'what if i...

my opt expires at the end of 2005(dec. 31 2005). now if i were to be accepted by another school during my 60 grace period and the spring semester had already started by then, would i have to leave the country before i start school? i'm asking this because i found a school and their summer...