Posted by: jhyamma December 5, 2009
Renew f1 visa
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You don't need visa to stay here once u r here and have legal status. If you are studying, then u shud have ur valid I-20. As long as u have valid I-20 ur F1 visa has nothing to do with ur stay over here.

Even if you change college or finish ur study and go to job, u don't need visa to stay here. Visa is just for entry to US.

 If you plan to go out of US and come back, then u need visa. At that time its not the renewal of F1 visa, its the new application of F1 visa. You need to go back through the similar processes as u did for first time to get the visa.
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