What does American visa f 1 mean?

F- 1 visa refers to the non-immigrant visa issued by the US consulate to foreign students who want to study full-time in American academic institutions.

This visa allows international students to live in the United States as students, but at the same time requires students to attend more than 80% of the courses in one semester and meet certain credit requirements. They are not allowed to work in commercial companies, enterprises and organizations in the United States to get wages. If the number of courses or class hours can be reduced for health or academic reasons, full-time study is not needed, and the student visa is still retained, and it is not necessary to apply for permission from the immigration bureau, as long as the written approval of the full-time school official is obtained. If you get a college degree or above, and then apply for a green card through professional immigrants, it is more advantageous than other non-immigrant visas.