suggestion needed for change of status with USCIS

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Hello Everyone, I was in H1 visa for a year now there was no job, I applied to change of status to F2 visa. My status is still in initial review. Meanwhile I applied for University for spring and I got admission. now  I will have to change to F1 visa. As it takes 2.5 months to get it changed I want to apply ASAP to have changed to F1.  So my questions: Does anyone has any suggestion, what I should do, Should I sent another change of status form? Did anyone went through same situation? Any suggestion highly appreciated.

Guitar · Oct 14, 2009 1:22 PM · 11,432 views

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"I was in H1 visa for a year now there was no job"You had a Job and that's why You were on H1B. It's your employer's duty to give U job..First and foremost File WH4 in Your State's DOL to claim the back Wages that Your Company Owes you. That would have kept u in status if u had done it earlier. As Far as i Know, Your F2 with COS won't be approved because your are Out of Status. You have to have F-1 Status to Study in the Univ. I highly doubt that Your F-1 Will be approved with COS even if u ask USCIS to do so.

pyaradeshbasiharu · Oct 14, 2009 1:32 PM

sorry for misunderstanding but i did have job and pay stub, and i didnt get another project then i decided to go for change of status. i am sure my f2 COS will be approved in a month or so(it takes 2.5 months to complete the COS)  but the thing is I want to change to f1 before January, for that i must have at least 2.5 months.  thats why i wanted to know if anyone went through this situation? Thanks!

Guitar · Oct 15, 2009 10:46 AM

thanks pyaradeshbasiharu for your reply.  I got my F2 approved today and now i am going to change it to f1 shortly. you were sure that it will not get approved so just wanted to let u know. Thanks everyone who tried to help.

guitar · Oct 15, 2009 10:55 AM

Dude you said you were on H1 and you didn't have a Job(it sounded like You were on H1B all the time and you didn't had Job during all this period). If you had clearly stated the problem , then would have been a different suggestion.  Again best of Luck for your Future endeavors. 

pyaradeshbasiharu · Oct 15, 2009 11:37 AM

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