Vacation Term
抖阴福利导航 offers courses during four terms per year: Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer. An F-1 international student is required to study full-time (12 credits) for at least 3 terms in a year. One term per year can be taken as a vacation term, during which students are not required to be enrolled full-time. A vacation term is usually taken during the Summer term.
Eligibility
You are eligible for a vacation term after having studied full-time for 3 consecutive (one after the other) terms.
If you arrived at 抖阴福利导航 in initial status in Winter or Spring terms, you may be allowed to take Summer as a vacation term if you register for the following Fall term.
Procedure
- Submit the if you want to take a vacation term during any term other than Summer (for example: Fall, Winter, or Spring terms).
- The SEVIS Coordinator will review your request and determine if you are eligible.
- When your request is processed, the SEVIS Coordinator will email you.
If you are approved for a vacation term, you must read and submit the .
Deadline
The must be submitted no later than the last day to add classes of the current term in which you are requesting a vacation.
Vacation term requests are permitted as long as you are maintaining status up until the time the vacation term is requested.
Additional Information
During a vacation term, a student:
- must pay for health insurance
- must return to study at 抖阴福利导航 the following term
- can travel within the U.S. or abroad
- can study at 抖阴福利导航 or another school
- are not required to take any in-person courses
- can work on-campus more than 20 hours per week
After a student takes a vacation term, the student will not be eligible for a vacation term until after studying full-time for another 3 consecutive terms.
Vacation terms cannot be:
- taken again if you have not studied full-time for 3 consecutive terms since your last vacation term
- taken before transferring to another school
- taken after graduation
This page is maintained by the OISS SEVIS Team.