Re-enter the US with F1-Visa expiring 15 days later

[lovell]

Hi,

I am planning to travel outside the USA and need to be sure about my re-enter in the USA.

Today's date is May 5th 2012.
My F1 Visa expires on June 26th 2012.
My I-20 expires on July 24th 2013.

I wish to travel from May 10th 2012 to June 10-13th 2012.

My I-20 was signed by my DSO at School on March 2012.

1) Will i have issues at the US border when coming back ? (10-15 days before expiration)

2) Also, if I wish to do master's degree after my bachelors graduation in December 2012, They won't be willing to "track me". In other words, knowing that I am "almost done" with my first degree, I don't want them to put a date where I should be out of the USA.

Thanks for your help.

[kabkaba]

Hi,

I am planning to travel outside the USA and need to be sure about my re-enter in the USA.

Today's date is May 5th 2012.
My F1 Visa expires on June 26th 2012.
My I-20 expires on July 24th 2013.

I wish to travel from May 10th 2012 to June 10-13th 2012.

My I-20 was signed by my DSO at School on March 2012.

1) Will i have issues at the US border when coming back ? (10-15 days before expiration)
No problem at all.
2) Also, if I wish to do master's degree after my bachelors graduation in December 2012, They won't be willing to "track me". In other words, knowing that I am "almost done" with my first degree, I don't want them to put a date where I should be out of the USA.
Not clear.
Thanks for your help.

See above.

[lovell]

Thanks for your answer.



For 2:

While I haven't done any application yet, I wish to do master's degree after my bachelors graduation in December 2012.
However, my I20 expires a year from now.

So I dont want the guy at the Port of Entry to think that I should be done in a year, and therefore say "well, I want you out in a year" and set a warning on my case.

Basically I would like to know if the people at the Port of Entry won't be willing to "track me". By knowing that I am almost done with my first degree, I don't want them to say that I should be out of the USA by a specific date or something like this.

[kabkaba]

There is no such thing. F1 students are admitted for duration of status meaning, you can stay as long as you maintain full time student status with sponsoring school.