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2. Approaching Age 21 & What Is Needed (for Dependent Child on Visa Status other than F-1) 4. Credential Evaluation Services 5. Economic Hardship Checklist 6. English Language Programs, Intensive 7. Entry & Re-Entry into U.S. (USICE Rules & Regulations) 8. Forms & Fees: U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) 9. Health/Accident Insurance Requirements H/A Company Listings & H/A Insurance Form 10. Keeping Documents Up To Date 11. Local Housing 14. Practical Training, Curricular 15. Practical Training, Optional 16. Social Security Number, Getting a 19. Traveling Within the United States of America 20. Tutoring On-line 21. Web-Based or Distance Learning Classes 22. Work Permits 1. Appointments with All appointments with the Tampa Field Office of the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizen & Immigration Services (USCIS) must be made online. You may not just walk in or call them anymore. For information about the Tampa Field Office or to make an appointment go to: Infopass
2. Approaching Age 21 & What Is Needed (for Dependent Child on Visa Status other than F-1) Any Dependent Child whose parents are here on some type of work status may be in the - Department of Homeland Security (DHS): International students must inform DHS of any change in their address with the appropriate Alien’s Change of Address form by downloading AR-11 or AR-11SR. This form must be completed and mailed to the DHS/USCIS within 10 days of the change of address. - - The College also needs each international student’s mailing address in the student’s home country.
7. Entry & Re-Entry into the U.S. (USICE Rules & Regulations) It is of utmost importance for any student here on any visa to study the rules, regulations and procedures on the USICE Web site before making any plans to leave the United States, to make sure all the rules and regulations are followed so that the student will be able to re-enter the U.S. at a future time. 8. Forms & Fees: U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) see Forms and Fees Required Information for USICE/SEVIS: As international students arrive in the U.S., they must provide the Coordinator of Admissions & International Student Services on the MCC-Bradenton Campus with their original passport, I-94 Card, I-20 to be copied, and their new local address. Once students gain a Florida Driver's License and/or Social Security Card, these documents must also be provided to the Office of International Student Services for copying. Students attending college on MCC-Venice Campus may present these same documents to the Registrar's Office on that campus. Go to the Top
10. Keeping Documents Up to Date: All international students must keep their passports up to date with at least 6 months or more remaining before expiration. Renewing a passport is completed by contacting the student's embassy and following their instructions. For the location and contact information go to the foreign embassies and consular offices in the All students on a visa other than the F-1 Student Status, must make sure the expiration date listed on their I-94 card does not expire. Any student who is a dependent on their parent's visa status must apply to change their status to the F-1 Student Status 4 to 6 months prior to their 21st birth date. All students on the F-1 Student Status must follow the completion date on their I-20 and make sure they graduate by that date. If it looks like the student will not graduate by that date, the student must contact the Coordinator of Admissions & International Student Services for guidance. As international students arrive in the Students attending college on MCC-Venice Campus may present these same documents to the the Assessment Testing Forms/Information Transfer Students from U.S. High Schools
19. Traveling Within the United States of America The U. S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (USICE) is advising all international students who are on any type of visa, when traveling in the local area to carry photocopies of their I-94 card, picture page of passport, visa and SEVIS-issued I-20 (if on F-1 status) with them at all times. If an international student travels outside of the Tampa Bay area anywhere in the U.S. (including possible hurricane evacuations), they must carry with them at all times their original documents: driver's license, visa, passport, SEVIS-issued I-20 or DS 2019, I-94 card, Social Security card, EAC card, MCC ID card, special medical information, insurance policies, financial records, CASH, checks, credit cards, plane tickets, and anything else of value to the student's staying in the U.S.
21. WEB-Based or Distance Learning Classes For F-1 students enrolled in classes for credit (classroom) hours, no more than the equivalent of one class or three credit hours per session, term or semester may be taken on-line or through distance learning in a course that does not require the student's physical attendance for the classes, examination, or other purposes integral to completion of the class. An on-line or distance-learning course is a course that is offered principally through the use of television, audio, or computer transmission including open broadcast, closed circuit, cable, microwave, or satellite, audio conferencing, or computer conferencing. For those students who have registered for nine (9) semester hours of on-campus courses and one (1) 3-credit-hours distance-learning course for a total of 12 credit hours, the regulations also state that additional distance-learning courses may be taken. However, the student must never withdraw from any of the 9 semester hours of on-campus courses, or the student would be considered illegal with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (USICE).
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