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Immigration: Immigration Info for Students  

Maintaining Legal Status while Studying in the U.S.

In order to maintain your legal F-1 or J-1 student status while studying at Tufts, you must do the following:

  • Take a full-time course load each academic semester. Full-time is defined as either 3 credits per semester or - for international graduate students only - 2 credits and either a Teaching Assistantship or a Research Assistantship every semester.
  • Stay in "good academic standing" which is defined as passing all of your classes.