"Authorized under Federal Law to Enroll Non immigrant Alien Students" means that Capstone EMC is authorized by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to issue the I-20 form which students take to a U.S. Embassy to receive an F-1 Student Visa to enter the United States. We have been authorized since February 13, 1961 and were reauthorized on February 28, 2003.

If you would like to attend Capstone on a student visa, the information below is necessary for us to prepare the I-20 form for you to get your Student Visa to enter the United States. We can mail the form to you or, if you have the Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download a .pdf file from (Capstone EMC Registration Form) and mail or fax it to us with your financial information.

If it is not convenient to download the form, you can send the following information to us:

• Your full name (Please clearly identify your family name, given name, and any middle names)
• Country of Birth:
• City of Birth:
• Country of Citizenship:
• Date of Birth (DD/MM/YY):
• Date you plan to arrive in the United States (DD/MM/YY):
• Educational Goal (College Major, English for TOEFL, TOEIC, GED, bilingual employment):
• Permanent Address Outside the United States :
• Telephone Number Outside the United States :
• Proof of financial resources to support student for the length of the study period. (This might be a bank statement or letter from a bank (in English, please), a letter from an employer, or other document describing investments or resources.) If support is from someone other than the student, include address, relationship to the student, and a letter indicating willingness to be responsible for student's school and living expenses. (All documents must be in English.) If financial support is provided by someone living in the United States, they should complete an Affidavit of Support (INS form I-134) and have it notarized. We can mail the form to your sponsor or, a .pdf file is available from http://www.uscis.gov/GRAPHICS/FORMSFEE/FORMS/i-134.htm. If you plan to pay your own tuition but will be living with friends or relatives, where you will pay little or no rent, a letter from them stating they are providing room and board will allow us to prepare an I-20 without needing to see as much money.

The first questions can be answered by e-mail, but the financial information must be received by fax or postal mail.

If you are already in the United States and want to transfer from a school here, include a copy of your present I-20 and the name, address, telephone, and fax numbers of your current school, as well as the information above.

If you are in the United States on some other status (business (B-1), visitor/tourist (B-2), exchange visitor (J-1), and want to change status to that of a student (F-1) you will need to apply to change status using a form I-539 Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status (we can provide a copy, or download a .pdf from http://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/files/i-539.pdf. (Immigration would always prefer that you get a student visa before entering the U.S., but if it would take too long or be too expensive to return to your native country to get the visa it is acceptable to change your status while here.) You will first need to provide the information above to us so you can send an I-20 with your application to change status. NOTE: It is possible to change your status while in the U.S., but that is not the same as getting a new visa. You can only get a visa from a U.S. consular office outside the United States. If your application to change status is approved your status will become F-1 and you will be able to stay in the U.S. as long as you attend school full-time, but if you travel outside the U.S. you will need to apply for a student visa if you want to return to the U.S. as a student.

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