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H4 to F1
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rohilr said:Yes, You can study on H4 but if you are getting some kind of scholarship ( like TA or RA) then you have to get your H4 changed to F1.... You can do it while here on USA ...... Not only that you have to change over to F1 , if you want to work after graduation then your H1 has less validity, because H4 is counted towards your H status period of 6 years.
H4-F1 conversion, please 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
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