Help me, i need your advise.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Here is some information about changing your status from a visitor to a student and obtaining a student visa in the US:

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/C2eng.pdf

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

and the form you would have to submit:

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

If you can't afford to go back home to Columbia it is very unlikely you will be allowed to become a student in the US. You need to be accepted by a school first, you must prove you have sufficient money to pay the tuition - which is very expensive - as well as to live on while going to school, plus you have to retain your residence in your home country.

Read over the above information and you will see that it isn't an easy matter just to come to the US and go to school. There is a lot of paperwork and a lot of money involved.

[clueless_in_usa 8]

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.

The truth is that you can adjust status to a student after being in the USA as a tourist. However, it is not an easy process because you are going to have to prove that you have enough money to pay the course of study that you have chosen, or you have a sponsor lined up willing to foot the bill.

Without the F-1 visa approved, no University (or other institution) is going to allow you to enroll. But you do not need the visa on your passport. You only need the I-20 approved. You will need the visa in your passport only if you leave the country after being approved to be a student in the USA and you want to reenter the country to continue your studies.

And for the people with high morals in this forum, let me preempt your concerns: No! It is not illegal to do so.

[visacheck 3]

Short or part-time study course is allowed even if you are using a tourist visa..... but i dont think mechanic aviation is a short course.

If you have the time and money to study in the USA, maybe you can spare a little to go back to colombia and apply for a student visa.

[MissionGeorge 0]

I have people that can Sponsor me once i am enroll in the course, not before.

But they can sign as my economic support.

Thanks for all the help,

God Bless You.

George.