美国留学签证须知

发布时间：2015-09-22来源：查字典留学网

现在，很多出国留学的学生都想在国外一边工作一边学习，但是在这样的情况下会受到怎么样的限制呢?下面让查字典留学网 跟大家介绍一下在美国留学需要办的签证和应该遵循的规则吧。

留学和工作

如果你想要在美国成为一个全日制学生，你需要有一个学生签证。查字典留学网小编告诉你，对于想要留美学习的人来说，有两种非移民签证可以考虑。通常这两种签证归纳为F类和M 类签证。

你可以对比下面提供的F-1或者M-1类签证来看自己适用哪类：

1、你必须注册学术教育课程，语言训练课程，或者是职业课程之中。

2、你的学校必须被学生交流互访项目、移民和海关执法局所认可。

3、你必须在该机构登记为全日制学生

4、你必须精通英语或者是登记加入以精通英语为目的的课程

5、你必须有足够的可用资金来支持你的整个学业

6、你必须保证你有一个居住地并且没有要放弃的想法。

F-1类学生签证

F-1类的签证(学术签证)允许你以一个全日制学生的身份进入美国认可的大学、神学院、音乐学院、学术高中、小学或其他学术机构或语言培训项目进行学习。你必须要登记进入一个有学位，文凭或证书的学校里的某个项目或课程上学习，并且你的学校必须被美国政府认可能接受国际学生。

M-1类学生签证

M-1类签证(高职学生)分类包括了在职或者其它非学术项目的学生，语言训练的学生除外

工作

查字典留学网小编告诉大家F-1类学生第一学年期间不可以在校外工作，但在某些条件和限制下可以进行校内工作。在第一个学年之后，持F1签证的学生有各种校外工作的项目。F- 1类学生一学年之后可以从事的三类校外工作分别是：

1、课程培训实践

2、选修实习培训实践(分为毕业前和毕业后两种)

3、科学、技术、工程和数学延期选修实习培训实践

M - 1类学生只能在完成学业后进行实践培训。

F - 1和M - 1类学生的任何校外就业都必须与学业相关，并且在他们开始研究任何工作之前，必须获得指定的学校负责人(维护学生利益和交换访问信息系统(SEVIS)的人员)和美国公民与移民服务局的授权。

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Students and Employment

If you would like to study as a full-time student in the United States, you will need a student visa. There are two nonimmigrant visa categories for persons wishing to study in the United States. These visas are commonly known as the F and M visas.

You may enter in the F-1 or M-1 visa category provided you meet the following criteria:

You must be enrolled in an academic educational program, a language-training program, or a vocational program

Your school must be approved by the Student and Exchange Visitors Program, Immigration Customs Enforcement

You must be enrolled as a full-time student at the institution

You must be proficient in English or be enrolled in courses leading to English proficiency

You must have sufficient funds available for self-support during the entire proposed course of study

You must maintain a residence abroad which you have no intention of giving up.

F-1 Student Visa

The F-1 Visa (Academic Student) allows you to enter the United States as a full-time student at an accredited college, university, seminary, conservatory, academic high school, elementary school, or other academic institution or in a language training program. You must be enrolled in a program or course of study that culminates in a degree, diploma, or certificate and your school must be authorized by the U.S. government to accept international students.

M-1 Student Visa

The M-1 visa (Vocational Student) category includes students in vocational or other nonacademic programs, other than language training.

Employment

F-1 students may not work off-campus during the first academic year, but may accept on-campus employment subject to certain conditions and restrictions. There are various programs available for F-1 students to seek off-campus employment, after the first academic year. F-1 students may engage in three types of off-campus employment, after they have been studying for one academic year. These three types of employment are:

Curricular Practical Training (CPT)

Optional Practical Training (OPT) (pre-completion or post-completion)

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Optional Practical Training Extension (OPT)

M-1 students may engage in practical training only after they have completed their studies.

For both F-1 and M-1 students any off-campus employment must be related to their area of study and must be authorized prior to starting any work by the Designated School Official (the person authorized to maintain the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS)) and USCIS.