BIR Training Center launches www.f1studentvisa.com information portal.

BIR has launched www.f1studentvisa.com, an information portal for foreing students studying or planning to study in the U.S. There are currently more than 600,000 foreign students in the U.S. on F-1 visa facing the challenge of navigating through a complex of F-1 status rules and USCIS policies. www.f1studentvisa.com will supply foreign students with the information on the issues most critical to them, enabling them to make better informed decisions.

Chicago IL (PRWEB) December 20 2003--BIR, a career and language traing center serving local and international students in Chicago area, has launched a new informational portal for foreign students, www.f1studentvisa.com. The website provides information for current and prospective foreign students on the most critical issues concerning receiving and maintaining F-1 Foreign Student status in the United States.

The United States of America provides excellent opportunity to the students worldwide to experience first-hand American education and culture by attending U.S. institutions. Foreign nationals admitted to the United States temporarily to pursue full-time academic studies in USCIS approved schools receive F-1 Visa. Students, studying on F-1 visa can legally stay in the U.S. for the length of the program, which can vary from a few months to a number of years. The rules for applying for F-1 Visa for foreign students and the legal issues related to maintaining F-1 Visa are complicated. Practical, useful information is difficult to find in an accessible format. As result foreign students and applicants make costly mistakes, incurring unnecessary expenses and putting their legal status in jeopardy. BIR has developed www.f1studentvisa.com to fill this void.

www.f1studentvisa.com will immediately deliver a range of tangible benefits to the foreign student community. Unlike many immigration information websites which currently cover F-1 visa issues, www.f1studentvisa.com only includes information on issues related to F-1 Student status, making search for critical information fast and effective. www.f1studentvisa.com is written in the language friendly to non-native English speaker and its format is easy to navigate. www.f1studentvisa.com also contains links to relevant USCIS forms which can be downloaded for free from USCIS website. BIR will now focus on translating the content of the website to the native languages of its students, in order to give foreign students with limited English proficiency equal access to the critical information on F-1 Visas. The work on Polish, Russian and Lithuanian versions is currently under way.

About BIR Training Center:

BIR career and language training center has been offering ESL as well as career training programs in Healthcare (Medical Coding and Billing), Manufacturing (CNC), Accounting (Computer Office Support) and Information Technology fields for the past 10 years. BIR is nationally accredited by North Central Association (NCA) and provides financial aid under the Workforce Investment Act, Title IV and other government programs. BIR operates two locations in Chicago at 828 S. Wabash in the South Loop and at 3601 W. Devon on the Northside. BIR admissions staff is fluent in Polish, Russian, Lithuanian, and Spanish and focuses on providing quality academic and career guidance. For more information visit www.birtraining.com or contact Max Stesel at mstesel@birtraining.com or 773-866-0111

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