I don't have TA or RA, I just have out-of-state tuition waiver which means I have to pay in state tuition.

I was told that for those who need to change the status from f2 to f1 fro the first time need to go to their home country. But I cannot risk going to Nepal as I don't have any assistantship. Is it possible to change the status from Canada or any other countries outside US?

Where can I find more info about changing the status without going outside the US?

Are you sure that we can continue taking classes without changing the status to F1?

Anything more on Canada will also be very useful.

Thanks a lot.