Bringing over a family memeber

[robleftca 0]

Hello, been gone for while. My wife is missing her family and we are looking at getting either her sister or niece over here.

We are thinking a student visa for her niece. We had somebody that could marry his sister but she is still married so that won't work.

Any suggestions from the great people here that have gone through this.

We have had a rough year, and family would be great here.

[Anh map 2,098]

Have you looked at the requirements for student visas? Is the niece college age? Can she show enough resources to pay for tuition and living expenses? For high school have you checked with your public school district to learn what the tuition for a foreign national would be?

[robleftca 0]

Have you looked at the requirements for student visas? Is the niece college age? Can she show enough resources to pay for tuition and living expenses? For high school have you checked with your public school district to learn what the tuition for a foreign national would be?

Yes we have one niece of college age, she is going to school over there, and her sister is just starting highschool in the philippenes. You mean she could come here to highschool? i thought it was only college?

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

No, secondary school is ok for an F1 too. But even though public school would be free normally, for a foreign national on an F1, she would need to pay the fees (or you would). It is almost as expensive as private school, so private school may be a better option, esp. if her English isn't great, as they tend to have smaller classes.

[Sirach123 2]

Hello, been gone for while. My wife is missing her family and we are looking at getting either her sister or niece over here.

We are thinking a student visa for her niece. We had somebody that could marry his sister but she is still married so that won't work.

Any suggestions from the great people here that have gone through this.

We have had a rough year, and family would be great here.

As far as my experience is concerned with my daughter, getting a student visa is a long shot. She came to the US with a tourist visa, applied and interviewed in a school who issued her ( I-20) that was a requirement by the DoS, then went home again for consular processing for her F1 visa.

[robleftca 0]

As far as my experience is concerned with my daughter, getting a student visa is a long shot. She came to the US with a tourist visa, applied and interviewed in a school who issued her ( I-20) that was a requirement by the DoS, then went home again for consular processing for her F1 visa.

It is so hard to get a traveling visa from the Philippines. You have a better shot at getting k1 or student visa. i have read many that haven't gotten a travel visa.

[Sirach123 2]

It is so hard to get a traveling visa from the Philippines. You have a better shot at getting k1 or student visa. i have read many that haven't gotten a travel visa.

What I am saying is that a student should come over to the US to be assessed by a school and in turn endorse the student's eligibility for F1 visa (I-20). A school will not endorse someone they haven't seen. So the first step is to get a visitor visa in order to come to the US for preliminary enrollment that's the reason I said it's long shot.

[robleftca 0]

What I am saying is that a student should come over to the US to be assessed by a school and in turn endorse the student's eligibility for F1 visa (I-20). A school will not endorse someone they haven't seen. So the first step is to get a visitor visa in order to come to the US for preliminary enrollment that's the reason I said it's long shot.

Yeah that would be a long shot, and not to knock the Filipino people but she might be behind in education. She would behind the education of a private school because of the way the schools are set up over there. Her English might also hold her back. She a smart kid but not her best talent, her singing is. Private schools aren't cheap.

Any other thoughts?? Looks like we might have to wait for my wife to get citizenship to get her sister and daughter here :-(

[Anh map 2,098]

Yeah that would be a long shot, and not to knock the Filipino people but she might be behind in education. She would behind the education of a private school because of the way the schools are set up over there. Her English might also hold her back. She a smart kid but not her best talent, her singing is. Private schools aren't cheap.

Any other thoughts?? Looks like we might have to wait for my wife to get citizenship to get her sister and daughter here :-(

It's a longgggg wait for siblings from PI. Currently 23 years. http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_5542.html

[robleftca 0]

It's a longgggg wait for siblings from PI. Currently 23 years. http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_5542.html

That is a long time, i couldn't read it or at least understand it. doesn't seem like they would make family stay away from each other that long sucks