A foreign student studying in the US on the usual F-1 visa can stay as long as a full-time student, even if the visa has expired. However, if the student leaves the US on an expired visa, the student will have to get a new one outside the country. As I understand these visas could be up to 5 years. They also provide for a 30 or 60 day period after graduation to prepare to return home. CB
On 10/26/07 10:02 AM, "Human Resources" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Received a formal clarification from MFA on the new visa rules that a > foreigner can spend no more than 90 of 180 days in Russia. > > Spoke to EC Commission and several Embassies. > > Consensus: > 1. As promulgated, the new rule modifies a paragrpah in the existing rule > that dealt with the number of entries: single/multiple. > 2. As that paragraph applied to ALL visa types (as all visas are either > single or multiple entry) it is read as applicable de jure to all visa types > (student, tourits, commercial, work, diplomatic as the main ones relevant to > this list). > 3. The "take" from the Embassies is that it will not apply to diplomatic > visas at all. > 4. The (I feel) optimistic take from one major Embassy is that the new rules > also will not apply to work visas. The logic is that it won't apply, b/c it > won't be possible to work if you have to leave for 90 of 180 days. A response > could be that it is also not possible to study if you can only spend 3 months > of a semester in country. But... what would be the point of upsetting them? > 5. Informal MFA guidance is that the new rule doesn't apply to diplomatic, > but applies to ALL other types. > > NOTE: the 90 day term begins from publication, October 4, so... anyone > affected by it is already more than 3 weeks into the term, and there is not a > great track record for getting things done in the RF from early December to > mid January. > > Recommendation: if eligible, get a work visa and register it. get a lawyer, > it would be ultimately cheaper to do this, than to be stopped trying to enter > the RF. > > PS. No... before anyone starts, this does NOT violate human or constitutional > rights. No one has a legally protected right to a visa anywhere, there are > however very significant issues of reciprocity. The RF position (disclaimer, > I have been, but am not the RFG's lawyer) is that this is reciprocity, as for > example U.S. visas don't allow someone to be present in the U.S. more than 90 > of 180 days. I believe it is a misinterpretation as U.S. student visas for > example DO allow a person to stay the whole seminar and finish a term, but > there are visa types intended to prevent permanent residence that require > leaving. INS even automatically renewed them for several of the terrorists > involved in Sep. 11, but... that's another story. > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > _______________________________________________ Expat mailing list [email protected] http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat http://www.expat.ru/forum/
