Kikselna Kizopna: F-1 Student Change of Status leh I-20 Kipat Ni Thuakpihna Genkhat

Kipat Thuakna: America Sung Pan'a Student Status Lam Zin Kawlkhai

America sung ah mi tampi—H-1B natna tawh ki, ahilouleh zin mi (B-2) ahilouleh derivative (L-2, H-4) visa tawh om mi—in thuak thak ding khat mu uh a, America pan leh louh in F-1 student status ah khelh nuam uh hi. Hih kawlkhai, Change of Status (COS) kici hi, Form I-539 USCIS ah theih a ngai hi.

America sung ah om ciang in consular interview (leh Immigrant Visa Section 214(b) paihna theihna) thuakna om ngawl hi, ahihang America sung ah kawlkhai in a mah thuakna nei hi, tua bek in na dilna leh na program kipat ni Form I-20 sung ah ciamteh kizop ciangin. Kumpi tampi sung ah, lawyer te in "bridging" thuakna tawh ki uh a, dilmi te extension dilna tampi man tamtak tawh theih ding ki ngah uh hi. Lawmtak takin, USCIS in a policy thar sak zo a, ahihang hun kizopna dan genkhat te om nai hi.

F-1 ah Change of Status Bulpina

F-1 COS theih ding in, na in thupi tampi tawh ki ngah hi, tua te:

• Thupiak Tawh Lutna: America sung ah thupiak tawh lut ki na hi ngah hi.
• Valid Status Theih Hunah: Na tuni nonimmigrant status a tawp masang in I-539 dilna theih na hi ngah hi.
• Status Suahkhiatna Om Ngawl: Na tuni status dan na suahkhiat ngawl hi ngah hi (tangpi in, phalna nei ngawl in natna tawh ahilouleh phalna nei ngawl in thuak).

Na I-539 hun tawh theih ciang in, USCIS in dilna ngah lai sung ah authorized stay hun cih in sim hi. Hih in a upna om hi, ahihang F-1 status sung na om zo cih a kici ngawl hi.

Dan Thar Suahna: "Bridge" Dilna Tampi Tawpna

Lai masate ah, USCIS policy in F-1 COS dilmi te in lawful status a I-20 program kipat ni masang ni 30 tiang tawh nei ngah ding ki ngah hi. I-539 ngahna hun thate tampi a lak theih manin, hih cihna in dilmi khat a thak status ngahna hun lai sung ah a tawp ciang in B-2 Change of Status ahilouleh Extension of Stay dilna tampi—"bridging" dilna kici—ni 30 window tiang tawh theih ngah ding ki ngah hi. Hih in man tamtak a ki lak a, giamna tampi a om hi.

Kum 2021 ah, USCIS in hih bridging dilna tampi ngahna paih zo hi. Tuni policy ah, na thak F-1 COS dilna na status valid lai ah theih ciang in, na F-1 COS ngah lai sung ah hun sawt tawh kizop ding bek in extension ahilouleh COS dilna dang theih ngah ngawl zo hi. Hih policy tharsuahna in dilmi te leh government te ding in man leh giamna tangsak ding in ki tawh hi.

Hunpih Genkhat: Tuni Lai Bridge Ngah Lai

Tuni policy in bridging dilna tampi paih hi cih theih genkhat hi, ahihang hun kizopna ngahna theampo paih ngawl hi.

Bulpi dan om nai hi: Na nonimmigrant status bulpi in na I-20 program kipat ni masang ni 30 tiang hun tawh kizop ngah hi.

Na tuni status (ahilouleh grace period, tangpi in H-1B ni 60 grace period) na I-20 sung ah ciamteh kipat ni masang ni 30 sang in a tawp ciang in, na in I-539 dilna dang theih ngah nai hi, tua bek in B-2 change ahilouleh extension dilna, tua thak kikselna tawh kizop ding in. Hih thak bridge dilna ni 30 mark tiang status nei ding theih loh ciang in F-1 COS paihna theih nai hi.

Tangpi in, na status April 1 ah a tawp a, na program August 15 ah a kipat ciang in (thate 4.5 kikselna), na in B-2 COS April 1 leh July 15 vel (kipat ni masang ni 30) kikselna tawh kizop ding theih ngah hi. Tua B-2 dilna theih zawh ciang in, F-1 COS theih theih hi.

Na program kipat ni nuai sak (nungak sak) ciang in USCIS in a ngah manin, policy thar in a upna tampi om hi. Na thak dilna hun tawh theih ciang in, school in nuai sak manin bridge dilna dang theih ngah ngawl zo hi.

Theih Zawh Ngahna Hun Sung Dan Te

Na F-1 COS theih zawh ciang in:

• Masa in Thulut Heak: Thuakna phalna nei ngawl status (B-1/B-2 bang) pan khelh ciang in, USCIS in na F-1 COS phalsak masang in na thuakna thulut ahilouleh kipat heak ngah hi. Masa in kipat ciang in status suahkhiatna a hihi, paihna theihna a om hi.
• F-1 Natna Te Ngah: USCIS in na F-1 COS masa in—I-20 kipat ni masang ni 30 sang in—phalsak kei ciang in, F-1 status dan suahkhiat loh ding ngah hi. Hih cihna in F-1 natna bek te, school sung natna ahilouleh practical training, program kipat ni ni 30 sung ah om masang in tawh loh ding a hihi.

Hih kawlkhai in technical tampi a hihi, na tawpna ni, grace period, leh I-20 kipat ni dik takin sim ciangin a kizop bek hi.

Tawpna

F-1 Change of Status in America sung ah thuak sang ding te ding in kawlkhai theih leh ngah ding a hihi. Bridge dilna tampi paihna in kawlkhai in a awlsam sak zo a, ahihang thak status tawpna ni leh na program kipat ni kizopna dan genkhat te in enkawlna ngingngai a ngah hi. Hih hun te miscalculate ahilouleh nonimmigrant status suahkhiat ciang in paihna leh removal proceedings theih hi.

Na student status ah khelh thupiak tawh leh awlsam takin neih ding in, professional upna dilna ka recommend hi. New Horizons Legal ah contact in na mah hun kizopna leh status theihna enkawl ding consultation neih un.

Hihna Hehpihna: Hih blog post in immigration law chungchang thu bek a pek a, lawyer thugen a hi ngawl hi. America immigration landscape in a khelh nuntaktak a, mi khat leh khat thu in legal outcome a khen hi. Na mah case bek ding in lawyer tawh thu kizop in upna dilna na hi ngah hi.