H4 to F1 Change of Status Pending

[harishkp1357]

Hello All,

My spouse is perusing her masters on (H4 Visa) from October 2017 and we applied for COS in December 2017. she has to travel India in Feb-2018.

Questions:

1) Can she abandon COS (H4 to F1) which is pending and go to F1 Visa stamping in India?

2) if F1 gets rejected, can she come back on current H4 Visa( Valid till Jan 2019) or need to go for H4 visa stamping again to come back USA?

3) COS abandon will raise any extra questionnaire when attending F1 Visa interview?

 

Please Help! Thanks.

[pontevecchio]

1. Yes. Leaving automatically nullifies the COS petition.

2. It depends. if the existing H4 visa is left alone, there is no problem. If the visa is cancelled CWOP as a first step in the Interview, she can reapply for the H4 visa.

3. No. The only criteria is the credibility of her college. If it is a well known Institute, usually there is no problem getting a F1 visa.

[harishkp1357]

@pontevecchio thankyou for your reply.