Duration of I-20 and Student’s Visa June 11, 2014

Based on a prospective students question; If one can extend their program once in the United States

For example, let’s say that you signed up for a 12 weeks program at PC TECH from June 23rd, end date will be September 12, That’s how it will be mentioned on the I-20 – Start date and end date. But this doesn’t mean that your visa will have the same dates, You can get a visa anywhere from one to five years.
The visa duration dates depends upon the interviewers discretion.

In this above case. Your I-20 is only valid till September 12th with an open extension option.

By the last date of the program if you choose not to extend then have 60 days grace period to either exit the country or transfer out to another school.

If you extend your term with us, we will simply extend your I-20 and you can continue studying at PC TECH

If you transfer out to another school you must start your new term based upon the start dates provided by your new school.

International students must maintain good attendance in order to continue to extend the term at any existing school – must keep their I-20 document up to date and in good standing.

VISA comes in the picture once the student plans to exit the country and re-enter, one must re apply for the visa only if its expired.