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immigration questions. |  |
| 1. | What
is Change of Status? | | | | | | Providing permission to foreign nationals holding a nonimmigrant
visa in the U.S. to change status to another nonimmigrant category while in the U.S. is called Change of Status. |
| 2. | Who is eligible for Change of Status? |
| | | | | You may be eligible to change your status to another nonimmigrant status if: |
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You have lawfully entered into the U.S. with a nonimmigrant visa |  | | • |
Your nonimmigrant visa status remains valid | | | • |
You have not committed any crime that would make you ineligible |
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Who may apply for Change of Status? | | | | | | Certain
nonimmigrants who are maintaining status and wish to change to another status including: | | | | | |
| • | Diplomatic and other government officials, and their dependants and employees on an A visa |
| | • | Temporary visitors for business or pleasure on B visa category |
| | • | Academic students on F-1
visa and their dependants on F-2 visa | | | • |
Representatives to international organizations and their dependants and employees on G visa | | | •
| Representatives of foreign media on I visa and their dependants | |
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Exchange visitors on J-1 visa and their dependants on J-2 visa that are not sublected to the 2 year home residency requirmen in § 212(e) | |
| • | Vocational students on M-1 visa and their dependants on M-2 visa |
| | • | Parents and children of the people who have been granted special
immigrant status because their parents were employed by an international organization in the United States | | | • |
Temporary workers on H, L, O, P, Q or R visa and their dependants |
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| More About Change of Status |
|  | Benefits of Change of Status | |
| Requirements for Change of Status |
| | Applying for Change of Status | | | Duration of Stay | |
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