Help me, i need your advise.

[MissionGeorge 0]

Hello Everyone,

Im so happy that i found this forum, My name is George and i am a missionary, right now i am in México, but i am colombia, im in Méxixo with a tourist visa, not with a Residence visa, and i want to go a Michigan to take a course of Mechanic Aviation in a school call SMAT, they did accept me to regist and everything, my problem is that when i try to get my appointment here to ask for the Student visa they told me here in México that they cannot do anything for me, that i need to go to Colombia and ask for the visa from there.

Something i am not doing, so i have a tourist visa, my question are:

if i go to USA as a tourist and then i try to get the student visa there

¿Is it possible?¿Is it really hard? ¿can i have some friend of mine sponsoring me? ¿how long would it take the whole thing? ¿How much would it cost? ¿have somebody here did that?

I really say thank you to all the ones to try to help me out with this.. i am really short time, so i need to hurry up.

God Bless You All.

George.

[baron555 934]

Hello Everyone,

Im so happy that i found this forum, My name is George and i am a missionary, right now i am in México, but i am colombia, im in Méxixo with a tourist visa, not with a Residence visa, and i want to go a Michigan to take a course of Mechanic Aviation in a school call SMAT, they did accept me to regist and everything, my problem is that when i try to get my appointment here to ask for the Student visa they told me here in México that they cannot do anything for me, that i need to go to Colombia and ask for the visa from there.

Something i am not doing, so i have a tourist visa, my question are:

if i go to USA as a tourist and then i try to get the student visa there

¿Is it possible?¿Is it really hard? ¿can i have some friend of mine sponsoring me? ¿how long would it take the whole thing? ¿How much would it cost? ¿have somebody here did that?

I really say thank you to all the ones to try to help me out with this.. i am really short time, so i need to hurry up.

God Bless You All.

George.

No you apply for the visa at the consulate of your home country, Columbia. So you go back to Columbia and apply. You may be able to send in whatever documents to them while you are in Mexico and then travel back for any interview or whatever. You can not apply for a visa to enter the US after you enter the US. There is a difference between a tourist visa and a student visa. Contact the US Embassy in Coumbia. Go to theri website for detailed information.

[MissionGeorge 0]

Hello Everyone,

Im so happy that i found this forum, My name is George and i am a missionary, right now i am in México, but i am colombia, im in Méxixo with a tourist visa, not with a Residence visa, and i want to go a Michigan to take a course of Mechanic Aviation in a school call SMAT, they did accept me to regist and everything, my problem is that when i try to get my appointment here to ask for the Student visa they told me here in México that they cannot do anything for me, that i need to go to Colombia and ask for the visa from there.

Something i am not doing, so i have a tourist visa, my question are:

if i go to USA as a tourist and then i try to get the student visa there

¿Is it possible?¿Is it really hard? ¿can i have some friend of mine sponsoring me? ¿how long would it take the whole thing? ¿How much would it cost? ¿have somebody here did that?

I really say thank you to all the ones to try to help me out with this.. i am really short time, so i need to hurry up.

God Bless You All.

George.

[MissionGeorge 0]

George.

You can not apply for a visa to enter the US after you enter the US.

Thanks for the info and thanks for the interest, what happen is that right now the going back to colombia is not an option, i dont have the money or the time to do that right now... but i have herd that there is people that goes to USA as tourist and been there they get to like some University and they stay and study.. so.. somehow they did their student visa.

God Bless You.

George.

[canadian_wife 1,822]

When I got my student visa, it could only be issued in your home country, but that was 5 years ago.

Yes it is expensive. The student must show they can cover the entire cost of studying themselves, they will not take a sponsor.

Take a look at this site for help with your student visa. Good luck.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/types/types_1268.html

[MissionGeorge 0]

Thanks for the info, i hope they do accept a Sponsor because i dont have other way to do it.

God Bless You.

[Hannah+Vito 0]

Thanks for the info and thanks for the interest, what happen is that right now the going back to colombia is not an option, i dont have the money or the time to do that right now... but i have herd that there is people that goes to USA as tourist and been there they get to like some University and they stay and study.. so.. somehow they did their student visa.

God Bless You.

George.

if you enter the states with a tourist visa, with the intent to miss use it, it would be visa fraud. if you acquire a tourist visa you must have the intent to use it for it intended purpose and the same with every other visa.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

Even to enter the US as a tourist you'd have to apply from Columbia since its not a waiver country.

[Ed+Cindy 1]

Hello Everyone,

Im so happy that i found this forum, My name is George and i am a missionary, right now i am in México, but i am colombia, im in Méxixo with a tourist visa, not with a Residence visa, and i want to go a Michigan to take a course of Mechanic Aviation in a school call SMAT, they did accept me to regist and everything, my problem is that when i try to get my appointment here to ask for the Student visa they told me here in México that they cannot do anything for me, that i need to go to Colombia and ask for the visa from there.

Something i am not doing, so i have a tourist visa, my question are:

if i go to USA as a tourist and then i try to get the student visa there

¿Is it possible?¿Is it really hard? ¿can i have some friend of mine sponsoring me? ¿how long would it take the whole thing? ¿How much would it cost? ¿have somebody here did that?

I really say thank you to all the ones to try to help me out with this.. i am really short time, so i need to hurry up.

God Bless You All.

George.

Usually you can't be issued a visa while you are in a third country unless you have some sort of residency status in that country. If you were not a tourist in Mexico, you could apply to a US consulate/embassy in Mexico, but since you are only there as a tourist, you'll have to return to Columbia.

[MissionGeorge 0]

Even to enter the US as a tourist you'd have to apply from Columbia since its not a waiver country.

I Dont need to aply to a Tourist visa, i do have one.

[MissionGeorge 0]

Im aware of that, im asking if i can apply from inside of US to the student visa, the tourist i already have it, i can go to US whenever i want it.

Thank You.

George.

[NArocks 13]

Hello Everyone,

Im so happy that i found this forum, My name is George and i am a missionary, right now i am in México, but i am colombia, im in Méxixo with a tourist visa, not with a Residence visa, and i want to go a Michigan to take a course of Mechanic Aviation in a school call SMAT, they did accept me to regist and everything, my problem is that when i try to get my appointment here to ask for the Student visa they told me here in México that they cannot do anything for me, that i need to go to Colombia and ask for the visa from there.

Something i am not doing, so i have a tourist visa, my question are:

if i go to USA as a tourist and then i try to get the student visa there

¿Is it possible?¿Is it really hard? ¿can i have some friend of mine sponsoring me? ¿how long would it take the whole thing? ¿How much would it cost? ¿have somebody here did that?

I really say thank you to all the ones to try to help me out with this.. i am really short time, so i need to hurry up.

God Bless You All.

George.

What is not clear is do you know you are on a family immigration site? This information you are seeking may be beyond the realm of a lot of members here. Maybe you should try and post this on a differnt sire to help with the answers you seek

[NArocks 13]

Reported this is a family immigration site not a can I go to the US site. Also you have opened 2 threads asking the same questions and are being answere din both and still do not like the answers given.

Posted here also

other thread

Edited July 22, 2009 by NArocks

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Even to enter the US as a tourist you'd have to apply from Columbia since its not a waiver country.

I Dont need to aply to a Tourist visa, i do have one.

then you can go to the US as a tourist; NOT to study. To do so would be visa fraud;' and to even suggest doing it is agains this site's Terms of Service.

If you want a student visa, you have to go back to Colombia and apply from there.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

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