When you enter the United States and your original reason for coming changes, you can request to change your nonimmigrant status to a different status before your authorized stay in the USA expires. For example, you entered as an au pair and want to stay to study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you don't know where to start to apply for a Change of Status, or if you're even unsure whether you qualify, the best thing to do is take an eligibility test, which you can do at the following link: https:\/\/shorturl.at\/aclW6<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you need to complete your process on your own schedule, without complications, in Spanish, and with guidance from a lawyer, you should:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR CHANGE OF STATUS:<\/strong> FOLLOW THESE STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS TO CHANGE YOUR STATUS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n HOW LONG DOES THE STATUS CHANGE TAKE?<\/strong> NOTE:<\/strong> Although it seems simple, we recommend seeking professional guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you switch to F1, make sure you always use the same SEVIS number on your I-20 form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If your application is denied, you will accumulate irregular presence from the expiration of your I94\/I20\/DS-2019, as applicable.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When you enter the United States and your original reason for coming changes, you can request to change your nonimmigrant status to a different status before your authorized stay in the USA expires. For example, you entered as an au pair and want to stay to study.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[249],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-consejos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asisvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asisvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asisvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asisvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asisvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asisvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asisvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asisvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asisvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asisvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u2013 To have entered the USA legally.
\u2013 Have a valid stay throughout the entire process.
\u2013 Financial capacity to cover housing and study costs.
\u2013 Demonstrate ties to your country of origin. There's more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
The average processing time is 8 to 14 months. During this time, you can remain in the USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n