virtua Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Hello forum, I always thought that minimum number of credit hours required per semester to maintain F-1 visa is 9. Is that correct? Or does it vary by university? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeruK Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 The minimum is whatever your school defines as "full time status". At some places, this is 9 credit-hours but at others, it is more or less. Graduate students may have a different definition than undergraduates. (At my school, full time status is 36 units, which is equivalent to 12 credit-hours at most places). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzylogician Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 ^Yep. And at some point in your degree if you are no longer doing coursework, you register for whatever is the necessary number of credits/units of "thesis research" or similar, so you still count as a full time student. At my institution, that was 36 credits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtua Posted June 15, 2016 Author Share Posted June 15, 2016 Is that possible that it is 3 credits or less at some university in the US? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeruK Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 3 hours ago, virtua said: Is that possible that it is 3 credits or less at some university in the US? Very unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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