F1 renewal before graduation

[jjgarrisson]

Hi,

I am a PhD student in mechanical engineering. My visa is valid till June 30, 2019. My i20 program end date is July 31 2019 and I have applied for a STEM OPT. My question is whether it is possible for me to travel back to my home country in May and get my visa renewed? Will their be...

[chipsandguac]

Hello everyone!

I came to US to pursue my MS in Fall 2012 and now am doing my PhD in same university. My F1 Visa expired on 3rd June 2017. I plan to go to India in December around Christmas and was going to reapply for F1 but when I was reading the interview waiver eligibility here: ...

[jades29]

First up, I wanted to thank this community for providing all the necessary information/experience before I went through the visa renewal process myself. The following is my experience at the entire process (in short), hope this can help some else.
I wanted to extend my visa for a year, my visa...