My wife is on h4. She wants to study and wants to become a nurse. Can she study as h4? If yes is there an official document somewhere that can convince the school that will condider her application only when she converts to f1 (student visa). How long does it take to convert to student visa? As a student will she still be there with me when our labor gets cleared. Can I file for 485 for her as well when the labor gets cleared?
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education for h4 spouses
- Thread starter ameek
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robocop104
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Dude! i dont know about specific colleges but most state universities allow you to continue on a H4. anyways, as long as they apply for F1, whats your problem.
it is irrelevant what visa she is on when you add her as your spouse after your 140 is approved and then apply for her 485. she will continue to be on her own visa until her 485 is approved.
the only advantage is that when her EAD comes through she wil be able to work irrespective of being on a H4 or f1.
it is irrelevant what visa she is on when you add her as your spouse after your 140 is approved and then apply for her 485. she will continue to be on her own visa until her 485 is approved.
the only advantage is that when her EAD comes through she wil be able to work irrespective of being on a H4 or f1.
Covert H4 to F1 visa (Already in college with H4) pls. advice
Hello,
Thank you ALL for your last feed back which was of course very helpful to proceed further, now I have one more question related to the same topic.
Now is that my wife already joined college and doing her Masters since early 2004 on H4, and due to mutual understanding with professor she managed to do her part time but unfortunately the department is unable to pay her even if they can since she is on H4. She will be into her final semester in coming August 2005.
Now my question is:
1. Can she apply for her visa conversion from H4 to F1? by doing so she will have an opportunity to take the advantage of assistantship and also apply for OPT. (fyi – College is ready to provide her with I-20 and all other reference letters and supporting documents that are required during the conversion)
2. If the answer is "Yes" for above question then does she have to go back to India for F1 stamping or she can visit Mexico or Canada?
3. For Some reason if her F1 is rejected then will the actual H4 still be active?
4. Before I got married I had to change my employer from company “A” to company “B” and got my H1 Visa stamped based on company “B”, got married and she came back on “H4” in reference with my new company “B”. She joined her college when I was on company “B” (h4). Now I had to join another project and once again I had to change my employer to company “C” and I have new H1 and H4 papers from new company “C”, so does she have to take company “B” h4 also during her visit to consulate?
Any advice on the request is greatly appreciated!!
Arvind
================================
Hi All,
Can anyone please advice how to proceed with converting H4 Visa to F1 visa inorder to apply for Unversities.
Any help is greatly appreciated!!
Thanks - Arvind
Hello,
Thank you ALL for your last feed back which was of course very helpful to proceed further, now I have one more question related to the same topic.
Now is that my wife already joined college and doing her Masters since early 2004 on H4, and due to mutual understanding with professor she managed to do her part time but unfortunately the department is unable to pay her even if they can since she is on H4. She will be into her final semester in coming August 2005.
Now my question is:
1. Can she apply for her visa conversion from H4 to F1? by doing so she will have an opportunity to take the advantage of assistantship and also apply for OPT. (fyi – College is ready to provide her with I-20 and all other reference letters and supporting documents that are required during the conversion)
2. If the answer is "Yes" for above question then does she have to go back to India for F1 stamping or she can visit Mexico or Canada?
3. For Some reason if her F1 is rejected then will the actual H4 still be active?
4. Before I got married I had to change my employer from company “A” to company “B” and got my H1 Visa stamped based on company “B”, got married and she came back on “H4” in reference with my new company “B”. She joined her college when I was on company “B” (h4). Now I had to join another project and once again I had to change my employer to company “C” and I have new H1 and H4 papers from new company “C”, so does she have to take company “B” h4 also during her visit to consulate?
Any advice on the request is greatly appreciated!!
Arvind
================================
Hi All,
Can anyone please advice how to proceed with converting H4 Visa to F1 visa inorder to apply for Unversities.
Any help is greatly appreciated!!
Thanks - Arvind
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