Daniel Alvarez-Gavela

thanks!!!!

Hey everyone! I would really appreciate if anyone could help me out with the following issue: I will start grad school at Stanford in Fall 2013, but would like to come to the US before the 30-days-prior-to-start-date limit imposed by the F1 status. Reasons are travel and finding a place to live in San Francisco. The plan would be the following: enter as a tourist (Visa waiver - I'm from Spain) in early July and spend a couple months in the country, then step out (say, to Canada) for a few days, and come back to the US with F1 status when the time is right. I would have my F1 visa sorted out beforehand, of course. Would this work? Might there be any immigration issues? Thanks a million!!!!! Cheers, Dani