Full-Time Enrollment

f - 1学生 必须 维护 full-time enrollment while working toward completion of their degree program.

  • Full-time Enrollment: minimum of 12 credits per semester (students are not required to enroll full-time for Summer or January intersession – these are optional).
  • Of the 12 credit minimum enrollment, only one course may be taken in a distance-learning 格式. Distance learning 格式s are courses offered online or in a hybrid 格式.
  • F-1学生 不允许 to drop below full-time (12 credits) enrollment without receiving prior authorization 对于一个 F-1 Student Reduced Courseload Request 从P/DSO. Earning a failing (“F”) grade will count as completion of a course. However, f - 1学生 必须 be careful to make Satisfactory Academic Progress, which is explained below.

Satisfactory Academic Progress

Another requirement to 维护 F-1 status is to make normal progress toward completing the degree program by the program end date, both of which are listed in Item 5 of 的I-20.

  • In order to make progress toward their degree, f - 1学生 必须 take the courses required for the degree program listed 在他们的I-20上 within the timeframe specified 在他们的I-20上.  This may require a student to take more than 12 credits per semester and/or to take courses in the Summer or January intersession.  Please work with a P/DSO to ensure you are going to finish 准时.
  • F1 students, like all students at Bristol, 必须 make satisfactory academic progress each semester they are enrolled.
  • If a student would like to discuss the possibility of 一个扩展 of their I-20, it 必须 be requested at least two months before the program end date that is shown in Item 5 of 的I-20.
  • Extensions are not always granted, and the student 必须 qualify 对于一个dditional time to 完成 program based on 美国入籍与移民服务局标准. Poor academic performance is not an acceptable reason for requesting 一个扩展.

Program Completion

Upon completion of your degree program, you have 60-days to:

  • Prepare for departure from the U.S.
  • Transfer to another school/degree program by requesting a transfer out via this form‌.
  • Change your visa status

Please note that students may not exit and re-enter the U.S. in F-1 status during their 60-day grace period.

地址报告

F-1学生 required to have a valid local mailing address and permanent foreign address at all times (P.O. 箱地址 are not valid).

  • 本地地址: 必须是有效的，U.S. residential address within Massachusetts or Rhode Island where you will be residing during your F-1 program at Bristol.
  • 永久地址: 必须 be a valid, residential address outside of the United States (P.O. 箱地址 无效).
  • 电子邮件: Your myBristol student e-mail address will be the primary method of communication that the P/DSO will use to contact you. Please make sure that you check this email 地址经常.

To update your address, financial or personal in格式ion with the College, please 完成 F-1 Student Academic, Financial, and Personal In格式ion Updates‌‌形式. Changes in address (local and permanent) 必须 be updated within 10 days of 的变化. Failure to 维护 a valid local and permanent address will affect your visa status and eligibility for services at the College.

更多的 in格式ion is available via the U.S. Department of 首页land Security website: Maintaining Status.