[ALBSA-Info] continuing education in the US (with a US tourist visa)

[Eriola Kruja]

Hi Mentor,

>From my personal and the experience of others around me you can enroll in
any public high school without providing any sort of visa or status
information. (there are many students whose parents are illigal immigrants
in US high schools).

You can also enroll in a college or university provided you are accepted.
Upon acceptance the univ. will issue the student an I-20 which he/she can
use to change their visa status from a tourist visa to a student visa
(F-1). 

When applying to college he should state that he is applying as a foreing
student (from Albania I presume in this case), and he just happens to be
visiting the US at the time of his application.... I mean after all he
took this trip to visit some American universities before deciding if he
wanted to apply to them. ;)

best,
eriola.


On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Mentor Cana wrote:

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> Dear friends,
> 
> I have a question in regards to continuing education in the US for a person
> that has entered US with a tourist visa. Hope someone can help.
> 
> Can a person, that has entered the US with a tourist visa, continue high
> school or college education?
> 
> The short answer is probably not. However, I'm looking for an answer from
> experiences students that might have been in such situation. What have they
> done to continue school (high-school, college) in the US? What if the
> person in question is 17 year old? Can the status of legal guardianship
> by US citizen help to enroll them in high-school?
> 
> I think that colleges almost require that students have a status (other
> than a tourist) to be able to enroll. However, high-schools might not have
> such strong requirements.
> 
> As I said above, I'm looking more for answers by people that have been
> in such situation or can advice on the proper course of action.
> 
> Any help will be greatly appreciated!
> 
> The person in question will appreciate any help in this matter!
> 
> Sincerely,
> Mentor Cana
> 
> 
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