F2 to F1 Change for status for Fall 2015

[Priyanka Bidthanapalli]

Change of status from F2 to F1

Hi all
Presently I am on my opt.My husband is here in US with me on dependent status . He want to change to F1 . Can anyone please tell the details and which is the better way to go either to India or Canada to change the status?

[olive12]

Help needed

Finally I got an approval today. Thankyou all. Ombudsman worked.

Hello all, need help changing my visa status from F2 to F1, I'm in US on F2 and I got an admit for spring 2016. my classes within a month. I'm worried about changing my visa status. kindly let me know the options. I have few questions

1. Can I defer my admission, if so how am i supposed to apply for visa change inside US and whether schools will release my i20 for next term right now?
2. Can I go to canada for my visa change, if my f1 denied can i come back to US with F2 status?


Kindly help me through this

[sana4]

approved!

Finally I got an approval today. Thankyou all. Ombudsman worked.

[sana4]

nothing is helping me

After seeing posts here, I contacted Ombudsman on 26th oct. No update from them. But I got an email from Uscis as a response to my inquiry that they are not sure why my case has taken about 8 months without any updates and have referred to an officer for review. Now I don't know how long do I have to wait again. I'm stuck

[zmn]

Does anyone know how long USCIS takes to respond to RFE?

[zmn]

Hello,

My case was approved on Friday through ombudsman (after a wait of 4 months). My case was received on June 25, 2015.
It was pretty quick. I applied on Monday (Oct 19) to the ombudsman, with all supporting documents including a letter from my department and it was approved in 5 days.
So if you have been waiting for a long time and if you have already tried the usual options (calling and emailing to USCIS), apply through the ombudsman.
Make sure you mention a strong reason that supports your case.

Thanks ssf2f1.

Congratulations akash09 and vrush. I got a RFE from USCIS for financial evidence. I do not know how long they will take to process my case now.

[vrush]

I-539 Approved

Hello,

My case was approved on Friday through ombudsman (after a wait of 4 months). My case was received on June 25, 2015.
It was pretty quick. I applied on Monday (Oct 19) to the ombudsman, with all supporting documents including a letter from my department and it was approved in 5 days.
So if you have been waiting for a long time and if you have already tried the usual options (calling and emailing to USCIS), apply through the ombudsman.
Make sure you mention a strong reason that supports your case.

Thanks ssf2f1.

[akash09]

Got approved

My case approved today. I filed a case on Ombudsmen, hearing from this group discussion. Special thanks goes to ssf2f1. Even my school did not give me a letter stating that they would not defer my admission any more, I applied to Ombudsmen. They just said, my case approved and would send me a mail. Thank you everyone in this group. I was too much frustrated because of that indecision. I was to thinking to cancel my application and to go back my home country next week to apply for visa from there. I just now have a giant breath getting rid from a big trouble.

Some of my steps:
(1) I had admission to the second summer.
(2) Applied to VSC papper based on March 09, 2015, received on March 12, 2015
(3) Within three months, no notice of action.
(4) Call customer service, i do not remember how many times, about 15 times. No significant progress.
(5) Defer my admission to fall 2015 and resend my hard copy document( i think it is not necessary) to VSC sometime on September, 2015
(6) My application to my university expire 1year, need to reapply to the university for spring 2015.
(7) On August 20, 2015, there were an update status stating that the received my correspondence and reviewing my case. If they need anything they would send us a mail.
(8) Hearing from ssf2f1, requested for expedite processes under financial loss . Case denied.
(9) On 10/09/2015, applied to Ombudsmen, writing passinfo provides only four types of assistant and my case is out of that. I attached scan copies of my I-20, passport, admission letter, assistantship letter to ombudsment. I wrote a description about my case. The summary was: It has been long, VSC has no decision about my case and my department already notified me not allow to differ my admission any more. I have a feeling that something malfunctioning here.

@sana4, you can find your answer here.

Thanks

[sana4]

@akash09

Hi! I've a similar situation of yours. I've filed for i539 on March 12, 2015. I tried calling them, requested for expedition(denied though) , and applied for 2 service requests. Yet there is no update. I've gone through this thread n I'm thinking to go for Ombudsman request. How about you? Could you please let me know what documents are to be filed if u have any idea.
Please share information.
Ty!

[vrush]

Hey zmn,

Did you submit your request through ombudsman?
Or are you trying any other options? Please share.
Thanks.

Sadly no progress as yet.

[zmn]

Please let us know, if you have any update.

Thank you

Sadly no progress as yet.

[akash09]

Any update

Please let us know, if you have any update.

Thank you

[zmn]

Please visit this website

https://Www.dhs.gov/case-assistance

There is a link to submit an electronic form DHS-7001. You just need to complete the online form and upload documents.
I provided the scholarship letter and admission letter and a letter from my department that showed they would not defer my admission.
I submitted the form on Sep 4 and approved on Sep 18.

Thank you very much for all the information. I hope we all get out of this situation.

[vrush]

Please visit this website

https://Www.dhs.gov/case-assistance

There is a link to submit an electronic form DHS-7001. You just need to complete the online form and upload documents.
I provided the scholarship letter and admission letter and a letter from my department that showed they would not defer my admission.
I submitted the form on Sep 4 and approved on Sep 18.

Thanks ssf2f1. This is very helpful.

[ssf2f1]

IMPORTANT:
1-Ask your international office to update your sevis. Otherwise , uscis will send RFE because your I20 date has passed. But if your sevis is still active, they will approve your case hopefully.
2- ombudsman needs strong reasons to take care of your case. I think it only works for petitions older than 4.5 month(i am not sure) and cases that already requested expedite by uscis and got denied.

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Hope this works for all you guys. I know how frustrating is this situation.