You can ask for reinstatement within 5 months of you losing your status if you have not engaged in unlawful employment and have a good reason for falling out of status. Otherwise, you must return to your home country to apply for a new F-1 visa to return to the U.S. for college.
Good luck,
Mark J. Curley
Answered on Apr 07th, 2012 at 2:21 PM