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Form I-20 Explained | Avoid these common mistakes | International Students in USA - YouTube
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Hey all, I am Apurva and welcome back to聽
WeDesified this is our 12th video in the聽聽
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study in the USA series in this video we are going聽
to talk all about i20 the information it contains聽聽
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the common mistakes that could happen聽
in the i20 and how to rectify them聽聽
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so let's get to it but before that聽
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in the last video we talked about the聽
breakdown of expenditure estimation聽聽
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and the financial documentation you could show聽
to get your i-20 once you submit these documents聽聽
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the college reviews them and processes your聽
i-20 within a week or two and ships it to your聽聽
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home address due to the covered 19 pandemic聽
colleges can send the i-20s over email also聽聽
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otherwise they have to physically courier you聽
the copy and you need to take that form to your聽聽
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visa interview some colleges even charge you for聽
the shipping cost certificate of eligibility for聽聽
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non-immigrant student status also commonly known聽
as form i-20 is the most important document for聽聽
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an international student in the u.s more than聽
the visa stamp i20 is the one that determines聽聽
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how long you can stay in the country legally as聽
a student you need i20 for almost everything like聽聽
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to open a bank account to get your social security聽
number to apply for a driving license to apply for聽聽
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employment or for any official purpose you need聽
a valid i20 so it is very important to make sure聽聽
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all the information on your i20 is correct and聽
up to date what information does the i20 contain聽聽
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i20 is a three page document and the first聽
important thing you should notice is the service聽聽
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id after the 9 11 attacks the u.s reformed聽
its student visa program and introduced savp聽聽
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to keep a record of all foreign students in the聽
u.s under this program each college will issue a聽聽
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unique identification number to every admitted聽
student so if you get multiple admissions and聽聽
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multiple i20s issued you have multiple service聽
numbers on your name and that's totally fine聽聽
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but you need to make sure that you are paying聽
your service fees and submitting the ds160 with聽聽
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the correct service id from the college you聽
want to join the first section contains your聽聽
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personal information such as first and last name聽
date of birth country of birth citizenship etc聽聽
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and they need to exactly match with your passport聽
if you see any discrepancy then reach out to your聽聽
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international office immediately and get it聽
rectified they will issue you a new i-20 with聽聽
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corrected information on the right corner you can聽
see the type of visa you should be applying for聽聽
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next you will see the school name as registered聽
in the savp and the contact information of the聽聽
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school official following that you can see the聽
information about your program make sure the聽聽
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education level and the major mention matches with聽
the program you applied for education level would聽聽
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be bachelors for undergrad students masters for聽
graduate students and doctorate for psja students聽聽
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sometimes the major name can be聽
different from what it is commonly called聽聽
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like computer science is called computer and聽
informational science in some colleges and聽聽
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computational science in some colleges based on聽
how they registered their program name with savp聽聽
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still double check they have mentioned correct聽
information on your i-20 unless you are doing聽聽
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double majors the major 2 field would be none聽
also verify the program start and end dates聽聽
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this start date determines when you can apply聽
for your visa which is 120 days earlier and聽聽
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the earliest admission day tells you when聽
you can enter into united states which is聽聽
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30 days before the start date the end date is聽
usually an estimate of your last day of classes聽聽
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and you are eligible to do opt after that for聽
some reason if your estimated end date changes聽聽
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in the future you can get it updated then but聽
for now for undergraduate students it should聽聽
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be around four years for graduate students it聽
should be around two to two and a half years聽聽
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and for phd students it's about six years聽
the next section is about the financials聽聽
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on the left side they give an estimation for nine聽
months which is fall and spring semesters together聽聽
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and on the right side they provide the breakdown聽
based on the documentation you submitted聽聽
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we have explained the breakdown of聽
financials in the previous video聽聽
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so please check that out you can see the personal聽
funds and funds from your sponsors and scholarship聽聽
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amounts on this right side make sure the estimate聽
is correct for the program you are enrolled in聽聽
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one of the common mistakes that can happen is if聽
you get a scholarship or an assistantship after聽聽
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admission they might miss to mention that in this聽
section so you need to get it corrected because聽聽
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the scholarships and assistantships on your i-20聽
creates a good impression to the visa officer聽聽
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and improves your chances of getting the聽
visa so don't forget to pay attention to this聽聽
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like you can see here if you get a fee waiver聽
and stipend everything will be put under the聽聽
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departmental funding the next section聽
is for the attestation from the school聽聽
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and the last section is for your signature聽
after verifying all the above information聽聽
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you have to get the parent or guardian聽
signature only if you are below 18.聽聽
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many people get it signed without noticing聽
it it's not a big mistake but avoid it聽聽
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if you're a bachelor student and聽
under 18 you should get it signed聽聽
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otherwise just leave it blank you have to sign聽
the i-20 before you appear for the visa interview聽聽
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the second page is for the information about cpt聽
and opt employment authorization when you get it聽聽
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so at this point it will be blank it also contains聽
travel endorsements with this signature your i20聽聽
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is valid for traveling in and out of us聽
for a year from the date of the signature聽聽
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and the third page is a bunch of instructions聽
for the students and schools along with the聽聽
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i-20 the admission packet would also contain聽
useful information about the university these聽聽
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resources help you with your class registrations聽
immunization accommodation fees payments etc and聽聽
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also information about any student organizations聽
that will help your transition to be smooth聽聽
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so don't forget to check that out so that's all聽
we have for today hope this is helpful we will聽聽
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come up with more videos about what's next聽
after i-20 very soon please let us know all聽聽
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our questions in the comments box below we will聽
reply and make videos answering all your questions聽聽
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