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US immigration and student legal guides.
Follow the US path from F-1 visa interviews through OPT, STEM OPT, H-1B, green cards, citizenship, tax, banking, health insurance, and student housing. The guides below are grouped by the decision a student or immigrant actually has to make next.
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Procedure lives here. Form-level F-1/OPT/STEM, SEVIS, family, work, and housing rules are on this legal host. Start with the F-1 student visas hub for the full work-authorisation lifecycle, or jump to green-card / citizenship guides if that is your next filing.
Dual-graph: campus journey pages (admissions logistics, housing) live on usa.yousafeconsultancy.com/universities. Origin-country F-1 journey pages live on /from/Legal campus /guide/* guides are indexable legal procedure perspectives — complementary to the campus journey pages on the regional host.
E-E-A-T: many US student-status guides are attorney-reviewed by Denise Platter Cabrera, Esq. (CA Bar #298948). Bylines and review status appear on each page — see Authors.
OPT / STEM OPT application
I-765 timing, eligibility, evidence, DSO recommendation, EAD replacement, and unemployment-risk review.
from $199
F-1 status and SEVIS
F-1 interview prep, school transfer, status violation, reinstatement, CPT, OPT, and cap-gap triage.
from $299
Green card and citizenship
Marriage green card, K-1, I-751, N-400, EB-1A, EB-2 NIW, and AOS versus consular processing checklists.
from $349
United States · Official sources
Verify rules on government sites
Our guides are educational. Fees, forms, and eligibility change — always confirm on first-party sources before you file.
- USCIS — Students and exchange visitors
- Study in the States (SEVP / ICE)
- SEVIS I-901 fee (FMJfee)
- US Department of State — student visas
- 8 CFR 214.2(f) — F-1 classification
Start with procedural hubs
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- STEM OPT self-employment and startup
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All guides in this section
- N400 Document Checklist
- N400 Interview Questions
- N400 Naturalization
- Civics Test 2026
- Day One Cpt Risk
- F1 Reinstatement Checklist
- F1 School Transfer
- F1 Status Violation
- F1 Visa Community College
- F1 Visa Interview Prep Checklist
- F1 Visa Interview Questions 2026
- F1 Visa Interview Lagos
- F1 Visa Interview London
- F1 Visa Interview Mumbai
- F1 Visa Interview Nairobi
- F1 Visa Rejection Recovery
- Credit History Building
- Itin Application
- 1040nr Tax Filing
- Opt 90 Day Unemployment Cap
- Opt Application Mistakes
- Opt Document Checklist 2026
- Opt Ead Replacement
- Opt Travel Reentry Rules
- Pre Completion Opt
- Sevis Termination Reinstatement
- Stem Opt Extension Checklist 2026
- Stem Opt Document Checklist
- Stem Opt Everify Requirements
- Stem Opt Job Change Rules
- STEM OPT self-employment and startup
- Asylum I589
- Tps Renewals 2026
- Renting Austin Students
- Renting Bay Area Students
- Renting Boston Students
- Renting Chicago Students
- Renting Houston Students
- Renting Los Angeles Students
- Renting Nyc Students
- Renting Seattle Students
- Student Tenant Rights Us Overview
- Breaking A Lease International Student Us
- Eviction Notice International Student
- Housing Discrimination International Students Us
- Landlord Wont Make Repairs Us
- Lease Agreement Red Flags Us Students
- Rent Increase Rules Us Students
- Roommate Disputes Lease Liability Us
- Security Deposit Not Returned Us
- Sublet Rules International Students Us
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