Maintaining F-1 Status

Maintain a valid passport unless you are exempt from the passport requirement
Attend Kenyon College, the school you are authorized to attend
Pursue a full course of study and make normal progress towards the completion of the program of study.

In order to graduate within the usual four years, students must earn 2.0 Kenyon credits each semester.

If you encounter difficulties and would like to withdraw from a class, you must discuss how this will affect your immigration status with either Marne Ausec or Lisa Swaim in the Center for Global Engagement before doing so.

Change of Address: Notify CGE within 10 days of any change of address by sending us an email.
Employment Authorization: Refrain from working off-campus unless you have official authorization from US Citizenship and Immigration Services in the form of an Employment Authorization Document (EAD). F-1 students may work on-campus up to 20 hours total per week during the school year, and full-time on-campus during summers and vacation periods. Please note that 20 hours is the limit during any given week that school is in session.
Keep I-20 Up-to-date: To legally remain in the U.S. as an F-1 student, you must also have a current I-20 which corresponds to your level, field and period of study. Be aware of the information on your I-20 and keep it current.
Visa: Your visa is similar to a letter of invitation to the U.S. When going through the immigration process on entry to the U.S., you present your visa to the officer. Your visa can expire while you are in your program without affecting your permission to be in the U.S. Therefore, your visa only becomes important when you travel outside of the U.S. and intend to return to the same program. (Special rules apply for travel to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean: see Marne or Lisa if your visa has expired or you have used a single entry visa but would like to travel to Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean.)

Failure to comply with these regulations will result in the loss of your F-1 student status. We refer to this as being "out of status." Please see Marne or Lisa if you think you are out of status.