A Final Semester Reduced Course Load permits F-1 to reduce their course load below full-time (at least one credit, but fewer than 12 credits) if it is the final semester of their degree program and ...
You entered the U.S. with an F-1 visa (or, if Canadian, used an I-20 to enter the U.S.) You entered the U.S. with a different visa and subsequently applied for and were granted a change of status to F ...