Lulu22

Hello ! I received a letter from INS saying that my case to exchange
status from J1 to F1 is approved . The case was approved on 11/30 . I
received their mail this past Monday ( I wasn't in the city , so I found
the mail a bit late ..like 3-4 days late ) .

Now I need to know what I have to do to keep myself in status
....Today ( 12/12 ) my J1 expires . I made an appointment with the
new school on Monday ... When will I be entered into SAVIS ? Am I
legal right now ? I'm confussed ...Do I have to send INS my old I-94
? Please help ! Thanks a lot .





Lulu

Sachin

Hey there,

I'm trying to do the same thing later this summer. Was it easy? What forms
did you have to file? Didn't you have to leave the country?

Let me know, I'm going to be there soon!
thanks
-sachin


"Lulu22" <member12747@british_expats.com> wrote in message
news:...
    > Hello ! I received a letter from INS saying that my case to exchange
    > status from J1 to F1 is approved . The case was approved on 11/30 . I
    > received their mail this past Monday ( I wasn't in the city , so I found
    > the mail a bit late ..like 3-4 days late ) .
    > Now I need to know what I have to do to keep myself in status
    > ....Today ( 12/12 ) my J1 expires . I made an appointment with the
    > new school on Monday ... When will I be entered into SAVIS ? Am I
    > legal right now ? I'm confussed ...Do I have to send INS my old I-94
    > ? Please help ! Thanks a lot .
    > Lulu
    > --
    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

Sylvia Ottemoeller

"Lulu22" <member12747@british_expats.com> wrote in message
news:...

    > Hello ! I received a letter from INS saying that my case to exchange
    > status from J1 to F1 is approved . The case was approved on 11/30 . I
    > received their mail this past Monday ( I wasn't in the city , so I found
    > the mail a bit late ..like 3-4 days late ) .
    > Now I need to know what I have to do to keep myself in status
    > ....Today ( 12/12 ) my J1 expires . I made an appointment with the
    > new school on Monday ... When will I be entered into SAVIS ? Am I
    > legal right now ? I'm confussed ...Do I have to send INS my old I-94
    > ? Please help ! Thanks a lot .

USCIS is supposed to handle your record in SEVIS correctly. (Ever since the
school created the I-20, you have had a record in SEVIS.) You can find out
from your school's international office whether the SEVIS record is correct.
This does not always go smoothly, but the SEVIS help desk (at headquarters
in Washington, D.C.) will help to correct the record if USCIS has made an
error.

Yes, you are legal right now. You must register full-time for the next
available term at your school.

Lulu22

Originally posted by Sylvia Ottemoeller

    > "Lulu22" <member12747@british_expats.com> wrote in message

    > news:"]news:1113524.1071242-
    > [/url]...


    > > Hello ! I received a letter from INS saying that my case to
    > exchange

    > > status from J1 to F1 is approved . The case was approved on
    > 11/30 . I

    > > received their mail this past Monday ( I wasn't in the city , so
    > I found

    > > the mail a bit late ..like 3-4 days late ) .

    > > Now I need to know what I have to do to keep myself in
    > status

    > > ....Today ( 12/12 ) my J1 expires . I made an appointment
    > with the

    > > new school on Monday ... When will I be entered into SAVIS ?
    > Am I

    > > legal right now ? I'm confussed ...Do I have to send INS my
    > old I-94

    > > ? Please help ! Thanks a lot .


    > USCIS is supposed to handle your record in SEVIS correctly. (Ever
    > since the

    > school created the I-20, you have had a record in SEVIS.) You can
    > find out

    > from your school's international office whether the SEVIS record is
    > correct.

    > This does not always go smoothly, but the SEVIS help desk (at
    > headquarters

    > in Washington, D.C.) will help to correct the record if USCIS
    > has made an

    > error.


    > Yes, you are legal right now. You must register full-time for
    > the next

    > available term at your school.







Form I-20 has also been endores to show student's new classification " =
I need help on this one...where is my I-20 now ? The lawyer has it ?
They further say " this is an important document he/she must submit with
any future applications to this service ..... " = But I DONOT have my
I-20 ...Who has it ? I'm confussed again . I received the answer from
INS.. I e-mailed my lawyer and she said that from here the international
student advisor will take care of me .... but i'm scare they may not
know what to do as it happened to me b4 .



" An updated I-94 is included in the lower portion of this notice .
each applicant must surrender his/her i-94 when leaving U.S. "

Problems : I don't see any new I-94..all i see in the lower part is
Immigration service address and a mark - same like the code u scan the
products in a store so it comes up the prioce .... (((



Please help me with this if you know ! Thanks a lot for the
other reply ...





Lulu

Lulu22

Originally posted by Sylvia Ottemoeller

    > "Lulu22" <member12747@british_expats.com> wrote in message

    > news:"]news:1113524.1071242-
    > [/url]...


    > > Hello ! I received a letter from INS saying that my case to
    > exchange

    > > status from J1 to F1 is approved . The case was approved on
    > 11/30 . I

    > > received their mail this past Monday ( I wasn't in the city , so
    > I found

    > > the mail a bit late ..like 3-4 days late ) .

    > > Now I need to know what I have to do to keep myself in
    > status

    > > ....Today ( 12/12 ) my J1 expires . I made an appointment
    > with the

    > > new school on Monday ... When will I be entered into SAVIS ?
    > Am I

    > > legal right now ? I'm confussed ...Do I have to send INS my
    > old I-94

    > > ? Please help ! Thanks a lot .


    > USCIS is supposed to handle your record in SEVIS correctly. (Ever
    > since the

    > school created the I-20, you have had a record in SEVIS.) You can
    > find out

    > from your school's international office whether the SEVIS record is
    > correct.

    > This does not always go smoothly, but the SEVIS help desk (at
    > headquarters

    > in Washington, D.C.) will help to correct the record if USCIS
    > has made an

    > error.


    > Yes, you are legal right now. You must register full-time for
    > the next

    > available term at your school.





Oh and is there a time frame like a deadline to register other then
the college schedule to enroll ? I really don't want to screw it
...thanks a lot