My Wife's Sister Like to go to School in USA

[PaulnUsa 19]

Hello,

My Wife just recently filed her AOS. Her sister would really like to go to college in the USA. We are willing to pay for her college, but are unsure how the process works and if it is even possible.

They come from a very poor family so they would not be able to qualify on thier own. Is there anyway we can sponsor her sister to be able to go to college in the USA?

[Boiler 45,764]

If you have the money it is possible.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

the money needed up front will be a year of college "cost" , tuition , food , housing and such. It usually starts at 15k and goes up from there. the average is probably about 30 k

[adiiann 163]

Start looking for university and asked their requirements and then she can apply for student visa. If she qualified in the school and admitted, asked the school on how she could obtain student visa.

[Delta5 9]

Financial sponsorship of her college education .... Yes, but a possible acquisition of an F-1 student visa .... extremely difficult in her case, but not impossible. You could also help her find the college that will be suited for her educational qualifications.

In order for your sister in law to maybe acquire an F-1 student visa, there are several things that you have to consider:

1. If she is still in high school or just graduated high school, then she might not qualified yet for college in the US, since its only up to the 10 grade in the Philippines and lacking the additional 2 years we have here. She must have at least already 2 years of college to even qualify ... if she is trying to pursue a bachelor in science or arts degree. Her educational credits will also have to be evaluated first and accepted by the potential college institution. She also have to pass some standardize test required by those college institution such as.. TOEFL, SAT, GRE and others. Basically, she need first all the qualifying requirements of such educational institution and by the USCIS to even apply for an F-1 visa.

2. She has to prove not only to the possible college institution she will be applying that she would be able to afford all the necessary financial requirements of the said potential institution in order to pursue her studies, but most important to the US immigration that she has the financial capability and support for her studies and living expenses in the US. Your sponsorship will help, but in the case of her family's financial background situation .... it will be difficult to justify to the CO interviewing her that she cannot pursue a closer studies in the home country where the financial burden is extremely less and easier to achieve rather than going to the US.

3. It will also depend on what kind of studies or courses in a US college she is trying to pursue. It must be courses or studies that are limited or not available in the Philippines in any of its colleges or Universities. Its hard to justify courses to the CO at the embassy if she is pursing studies that are readily available and can be easily taken in several of its prestigious colleges and universities all over the country.

4. She also has to prove that she has no immigration intent and are willing to go home after her studies in order to get an F-1 student visa. Again, its hard to justify to the CO that her sister and brother in law will spend thousand of dollars on a long college studies not to mention all the expenses of her acquiring a visa plus her travel to the US just to attend college, especially with her family's poor financial background ..... where she can just take her studies in the many nice colleges at home w/ a much cheaper way by just you sending the money. The CO might conclude an immigration intent in that scenario.

[PaulnUsa 19]

Thanks for all the responses