F1 Visa expired, not applied for OPT yet, Want to renew

[enghav144]

Hello,

 

I have a current situation. My F1 visa has expired and I am still studying and I will graduate in May 2014. 

I am thinking of going to India to renew my F-1 Visa or "get a new F-1 visa" on the basis of doing masters.

 

My questions are:

1) I have not applied for OPT yet ? If I do apply before graduation and my OPT starts, then would I  still be able to get a new f-1 visa

by showing that I am going to study as a masters student ? If yes, can I come back to US and not do my masters but instead go for OPT ? 

 

2) I will be changing universities when I go from bachelors to masters ? Will it be okay to go for VISA interview ? (Consider I didn't apply for OPT at all for this question)

 

3) I have transferred schools back and forth a little. Will that have any affect on my chances of getting F-1 Visa ?

 

4) I am planning to renew/ get new F-1 visa in the summer time ! How long would you suggest for the timeframe ? I mean for how many days should I anticipate to get VISA process done ?

 

5) Can I apply for OPT before graduation ? Go to India to get F-1 Visa based on Masters admission and come back and work on OPT again ?

 

[t75]

If you get stamping based on either OPT or new study, you need to do that when you return.

 

You really need to figure out what your plan is before doing anything else.

[enghav144]

My sole motive right now is to renew the VISA, if I want to do that what would I do. If I apply for OPT then would it be possible to get the admission on the basis of doing masters ? (just for getting the VISA) and come back and work on OPT again ?

[t75]

You are intent on lying to obtain a visa.  A legal forum is certainly not going to help you.

[enghav144]

I am not lying. I just want to know what could happen, in all the questions which I posted in the first place !