Thank your patience in advance,
I am in US with my F-1 visa and my I-20 expires on 31 August, 2005. My wife is also in US wiht her independent F-1 visa and her I-20 expired on 6 May, so she can stay in US by 4 July (because she can stay 60 days after termination of sevis).
I am trying to change her visa status to my Dependent Visa (F-2) without going outside US and then apply to OPT for the job. So I am filling the Form I-539 and send them tomorrow to vermont service center.
My questions are:
1. Is it possible to change to F-2 even though her sevis status is expired?
2. While she is pending for change and her stay (July 4) is expired, will it make any problem?
3. To stay together with my wife on My OPT, should she be registered as my dependent before I apply to OPT?
Thanks
I am in US with my F-1 visa and my I-20 expires on 31 August, 2005. My wife is also in US wiht her independent F-1 visa and her I-20 expired on 6 May, so she can stay in US by 4 July (because she can stay 60 days after termination of sevis).
I am trying to change her visa status to my Dependent Visa (F-2) without going outside US and then apply to OPT for the job. So I am filling the Form I-539 and send them tomorrow to vermont service center.
My questions are:
1. Is it possible to change to F-2 even though her sevis status is expired?
2. While she is pending for change and her stay (July 4) is expired, will it make any problem?
3. To stay together with my wife on My OPT, should she be registered as my dependent before I apply to OPT?
Thanks