F1 Visa Overview
A student who has violated their immigration status and whose status was terminated as a result of that violation may be reinstated to lawful F1 visa status at the discretion of USCIS. Mr. Cornett is a highly experienced immigration lawyer and is a member in good standing of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). We provide expert immigration legal services to generate and submit the USCIS F1 visa reinstatement package.
No matter where you live in the United States, we can help!
F1 Visa Reinstatement Details
A student who has violated their immigration status and whose status was terminated as a result of that violation may be reinstated to lawful F1 visa status at the discretion of USCIS. Mr. Cornett is a highly experienced immigration lawyer and is a member in good standing of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). We provide expert immigration legal services to generate and submit the USCIS F1 visa reinstatement package. No matter where you live in the United States, we can help.
A reinstatement may be granted if the student:
- Has not been out of status for more than 5 months at the time of filing the request for reinstatement (or demonstrates that the failure to file within the 5 month period was the result of exceptional circumstances and that the student filed the request for reinstatement as promptly as possible under these exceptional circumstances).
- Does not have a record of repeated or willful violations of status;
- Is currently pursuing, or intending to pursue, a full course of study in the immediate future at the school which issued the form I-20;
- Has not engaged in unauthorized employment; and
- Is not deportable on any ground other than section 237(a)(1)(B) or (C)(i) of the Act; and
- Establishes to the satisfaction of the Service by a detailed showing, either that:
- The violation of status resulted from circumstances beyond the student's control. Such circumstances might include serious injury or illness, closure of the institution, a natural disaster; or
- The violation related to a reduction in the student's course load that would have been within a DSO's power to authorize and that failure to approve reinstatement would result in extreme hardship to the student.