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F-1 Visa Flowchart_______________________________________________________

Student applies for admission

to school

Student pays SEVIS I-901 fee

DSO creates SEVIS record,

prints & signs I-20

Form I-20 delivered to

Student

School admits student to full

course of study

School reviews for academic admissibility

Student admitted to U.S. in F-1

Status

Student uses Form I-20 to apply for F-1

visa

Student must report to the DSO within 30 days

of entering the U.S. DSO reports back to

the government.