visitor visa to F1 or H1

[Karna Maheshwaram]

hi plzz help me with this problem
can i convert visitor visa to usa in to student visa , if so what are the consequneces do i need to face ???

[raghvi]

hi plzz help me with this problem
can i convert visitor visa to usa in to student visa , if so what are the consequneces do i need to face ???

You can certainly try and, though few, there have been success stories too. Avoid overstaying on your visitor visa I-94.

If you overstay and your change of status (from B2 to F1/H1) is rejected your B2 becomes void and you need to get a new B2 visa in future in order to travel on visitor visa again, also if you overstay on B2 it makes all you future visa applications come under more scrutiny.

If moving to H1 ask employer to file under premium but then again a fresh H1 start date can only be 01-Oct-2013 or later, but thats a different topic.

This is my opinion not legal advice.