Description
It’s the first comprehensive book that covers everything essential about application, interview, journey and transits, arrival, registration, extension, changeover to other courses, obtaining tourist and student visa together, changeover from tourist visa to student visa inside US, emergency exit, post-study job (OPT), jobs during your study (Pre-OPT/ CPT), tax issues as a student . It even touches stuff like green card, H1B and L-1 visas.
Knowing your student visa is equally important as getting it. Even after you may land in the US on a student visa, there are virtually hundreds of things that one must know to make full use of your student status and to steer yourself clearly in foreseen and unforeseen situations or to realize your career potential, its dreams and passions.
Dr. D K Sharma
I have lived and worked in five countries ranging from Asia to America. Probably travelled to two dozen countries, even China. I have served in many roles as a physician, public health professional, teacher, student, researcher and traveller. Recently I have developed a new passion for writing and publishing. I am a medical graduate from India and a former F-1 student who joined Masters in Public Health (MPH) at Johns Hopkins University. Traveling is my passion. Other favorite pastimes are listening to soft instrumental music, cooking and surfing the net.
Dr. K V Satish Kumar
I'm a Practicing doctor, Teacher, Researcher, even an Entrepreneur. I can communicate in five languages. Digging history is my favorite past-time. I am passionate about exploring new places, meeting the natives and learning about their way of life. My job took me to three continents on the planet and globe trotted most of the big cities. I have loved reading and writing, fiction, non-fiction, biographies, auto-biographies etc. since my formative years. Gardening, painting, furniture designing and listening to jazz and country music are my hobbies. I am a foodie, at heart and have a flair for cooking too. I will be writing in English, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and Bengali in topics ranging from Science to History, Medicine to Biography and Fiction to Non-fiction under the pen-name “Rayan Satish”.