What are the steps if an F-1 student wants to transfer to another school?
1. The student needs to obtain a new Form I-20 from the school that the student intends to transfer; 2. The student needs to notify informally the foreign student advisor at the current school of the intent to transfer schools; 3. After enrolling in the new school during the first term after leaving the former school, the student has to complete the student portions of the Form I-20 and submit it, along with his current I-20 ID copy, to the foreign student advisor at the new school. This has to be done within 15 days after classes have begun at the new school; and 4. Once the student has completed these steps, the foreign student advisor at the new school will endorse the student”s copy of I-20 and give it to the student. This will serve as the student’s new Form I-20 copy. Thereafter, the foreign student advisor at the new school prepares and submits I-20 (pages 1 & 2) to the USCIS within 30 days of receiving it and sends copies of pages 1 & 2 of Form I-20 to the foreign student advis
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