VisaChief🇺🇸 Study in United States
US universities issue a Form I-20 after you are admitted and show funding. You then pay the SEVIS fee, complete the DS-160 and attend a visa interview. STEM graduates get up to 3 years of OPT work authorization.
Financial requirement
Prove funds for the first year of tuition + living costs shown on the Form I-20.
Step-by-step: F-1 Student visa
The school issues the I-20 once admission and funding are confirmed.
Pay online and keep the receipt for your interview.
Fill the online nonimmigrant application and schedule at the US embassy.
Bring your I-20, financials and academic documents.
Present your I-20 and visa at the port of entry.
What you will need
- Form I-20 from a SEVP-certified school
- SEVIS I-901 fee paid
- DS-160 confirmation
- Valid passport & visa interview
- Proof of finances & ties to home country
Top universities in United States
2666 institutions that enrol international students (showing the top 30).
🇺🇸 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA · 3 degrees
🇺🇸 Harvard University
Cambridge, MA · 4 degrees
🇺🇸 Stanford University
Stanford, CA · 3 degrees
🇺🇸 University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA · 3 degrees
🇺🇸 Columbia University
New York, NY · 3 degrees
🇺🇸 Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA · 3 degrees
🇺🇸 Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ
🇺🇸 Arizona State University Campus Immersion
Tempe, AZ
🇺🇸 University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
🇺🇸 University of Maryland Global Campus
Adelphi, MD
🇺🇸 University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
🇺🇸 Florida International University
Miami, FL
🇺🇸 California State University-Fullerton
Fullerton, CA
🇺🇸 Indiana University-Bloomington
Bloomington, IN
🇺🇸 University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
🇺🇸 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
🇺🇸 California State University-Long Beach
Long Beach, CA
🇺🇸 University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
🇺🇸 San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
🇺🇸 University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA
🇺🇸 University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
🇺🇸 The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
🇺🇸 California State University-Northridge
Northridge, CA
🇺🇸 University of California-Davis
Davis, CA
🇺🇸 Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
🇺🇸 University of Georgia
Athens, GA
🇺🇸 University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO
🇺🇸 University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, MD
🇺🇸 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA
🇺🇸 University of California-Irvine
Irvine, CA
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