If you get F2 visa, after you come to U.S. you need to change to F1 visa at the international student office anyway, before you register for class, which will take longer, and no guaranteed time line.
Also, if you have assistantship from the school, getting a F1 visa has tax benefit.
Pay attention if you apply for F1, the documents you need to prepare is totally different from F2. You should know this already.
cpuwenyi
2010-04-03 21:58
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匿名天使 (未验证)
2010-04-04 00:10
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这个。。。非要这时候回国吗？
匿名天使 (未验证)
2010-04-04 09:01
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F1, getting visa at Shanghai is easy anyway.
If you get F2 visa, after you come to U.S. you need to change to F1 visa at the international student office anyway, before you register for class, which will take longer, and no guaranteed time line.
Also, if you have assistantship from the school, getting a F1 visa has tax benefit.
Pay attention if you apply for F1, the documents you need to prepare is totally different from F2. You should know this already.
lovekitty008
2010-04-04 09:54
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同意天使的，签F1，美国境内转太麻烦了，要好几个月，很难熬得。现在签证形势还是蛮好的，材料准备好都可以过得，祝你顺利通过 ：）
cpuwenyi
2010-04-04 10:03
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谢谢大家的回复。
签证这事，总觉得还是有些运气成分的，所以很担心。
好不容易拿了OFFER，万一因为签证出了问题就太惨了。
lovekitty008
2010-04-04 11:36
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相信自己！并且你已经来过美国，所以没有问题的。
cpuwenyi
2010-04-04 21:53
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嗯。再请问一下，身边有没有过这样的例子？
匿名天使 (未验证)
2010-04-04 23:42
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肯定是签F1,否则签了F2回美国还要转身份，很麻烦的！上海签证形势很好，放心好了！
飞扬
2010-04-05 00:18
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您的情况应该是签F1签证。以前拿到的F2签证对您是有利的。现在就要进入学生F1签证的高峰期了，一般材料合格的都是秒过。好好准备，祝你顺利通过！
jolinluo
2014-01-10 23:32
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请问楼主最后是直接在上海签F1来美国还是F2来美国再转F1呢，能否给予后续回复，谢谢～