Hi!
I'm an au pair from Estonia whose J1 visa ends August 30 th and grace period ends September 30th. I have applied to a local college and received an 1-20 from them. Classes start August 29th. I am not subject to the two year residency requirement according to my papers and i currently hold a multiple entry visa.
My questions: it seems that I can change to an F1 visa using the UCSIS ELIS system without leaving the U.S. to go back to a consulate in estonia.
1. IS there enough time to do this?
2. most important: will it be a multiple entry visa, and if i isn't can I change to that the first time I go back to visit Estonia, after starting school? Or would I have to stay in United States and never leave until schol is complete.
3. Am I more likely to get the student visa if I go back to Estonia? It would be hard at this point to go back before late august, and then i'd have to immediately leave to come back for the start of school.
Thanks very much
( I read the University of pennslvania website, http://www.upenn.edu/oip/isss/cos ( not my school) but I stil have theses questions)

