lundi 1 juillet 2013

F1 Visa To Study In The United States

By Julie Bauernschmitd


Visa can be defined as a permission letter to entry into a foreign country. F1 visa is for full time students who want to pursue their education is United States. United States provides F type visas for people who want to study in that country. These types of permissions are granted in U. S embassies only. Initially students have to apply for colleges of their choice and I-20 form should be retrieved from that college to apply for this.

To stay in US the applicants must produce the relevant documents which provide the resident and financial information. The legal jobs will not be afforded to the people who have these of visas this can be rectified by collecting the report of this economic stability. Dependents of F1 holders will be able to get F2 permissions. There is no job opportunity for these permission holders.

There is a provision of getting admissions in public schools for the dependents minor children. These f series visas are categorized in three types, two types are explained above and the third one is F3 permissions which will be given to the border commuters. Mexican and Canadian residents can only get these permissions. You are able to get this third kind of permission if you are staying in your own country during your schooling in US.

Initially there was no need of such permissions for citizens of Mexico and Canada as they were treated as visitors. The concept of F3 was introduced after the September 11 attack. On campus work of 20 hours a week is permitted for first type permission holding students but they are not permitted to work outside the campus.

By getting the immigration services and citizenship one can be able to work outside the campus. The academic procedure which also includes a 12 months of practical training permission can be given to students. Science and technical students can work for 29 months as per the law amended in 2008. While this time duration student should not exceed more than 90 days as an unemployed.

F1 holders are not subjected to Insurance Contribution act taxes. This exemption is applicable for first five years of time period. But the local and other applicable federal taxes shall not be relieved. Income tax filing of such students should be filed with non resident 1040NR and 1040NR-EZ tax forms. This criterion is applicable if their stay is narrower than 5 years. Rules are different based on country of origin of the immigrant.

All the criteria proposed by U. S immigration and national act must be satisfied by the applicant to get the permission to study in the U. S. Consular officer is the person who decides whether the applicant should be granted with permission or no. The applicant should be ready to leave the U. S after competing the course. The applicant should possess needed economical stability to support his stay in the states.

F1 Visa is specially meant for students who want to study US. They need to complete all the documentation process along with admission letter provided by university. The application undergoes some verification and selection will be depending on consular officer. After all verifications the consular officer will issue the permission.




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