[F1 VISA funding documents for PhD students]

Hello everyone.

My course of PhD starts in Fall 2019. The university is offering me a tuition waiver and TA of $12,400 for 9 months. The total estimated cost is $42,000 and they are providing with almost$39,500 including the tuition fee. The rest has been covered by my family and a bit extra. I have already received the I20 which says the funding for a year has been covered .

I am worried that I will have to show proof of funding for 5 years of the course, as I have seen in most of the forums for MS students. So my question is - is it mandatory for PhD students to show documents of funding for 5 years of your course ?

[F1 Visa Question: As a fully-funded PhD student, would I be required to show Affidavit of Support to VO?]

On 4/22/2015 at 10:23 PM, thegraydude said:

My department provided the Affidavit of Support to the 'Admissions Office'. So, the I-20 issued to me clearly show my cost (Tuition + Living + Health Insurance) to be around US $30,000, and it states my personal funds to be: '0.00' and 'funds from this school' to be around US $34,000.

 

So, cost = 30,000 and funds from school = 34,000 as part of my TA position.

• Is there a possibility of VO asking to show additional funds in cases of emergency?
• Should I be getting an Affidavit of Support from my parents as well (like Masters' students do)?
• Also, should I be requesting my department to give me a copy of this affidavit of support to show the VO?

(I searched a lot on Google, but all the F1 VISA information on the Internet seems to be focused on Masters' students, and no one talks about PhD students.)

As this question was asked in 2015, I hope you got through the interview and are successfully attending your programme.

I am in a similar situation, my course of PhD starts in Fall 2019. The university is offering me a tuition waiver and TA of $12,400 for 9 months. The total estimated cost is $42,000 and they are providing with almost $39,500 including the tuition fee. The rest has been covered by my family and a bit extra.

I am worried that I will have to show proof of funding for 5 years of the course, as I have seen in most of the forums for MS students. So my question is did u have to show documents of funding for 5 years of your course ?