What to do?!

[zilu01]

Hi, I've lived in the US for 11 years since I was 9 years old. I am currently on H4 visa dependent on my father who has a H1. My father mother and sister and I are in the process of getting a green card, however, since I am turning 21 in January I will be kicked out of the process. What should I do? Returning to India is not an option for me. I currently attend University of Maryland and the only option I know is to switch to F1 visa but I would like to know if there are better alternative.

[txh1b]

There are some age-out provisions. The calculations can be better understood by googling for "Age-out immigration" and reading through the material on many lawyer sites than me explaining it all over on the forum.

You could still be considered "in" the age based on when the petitions were filed for employment based GC.

[zilu01]

Thank you!