Options, if any, available to help bring extended family members to US

[Boiler 44,956]

Might be worth checking the costs for a Canadian Boarding School and a US School. Are there Boarding schools close to where they currently live?

[NikLR 13,227]

Boarding schools are NOT common in Canada.

Maybe you could have the girls over for the rest of the summer and they could go back to Canada in fall for school with your parents?

[Udella&Wiz 325]

Boarding schools are NOT common in Canada.

Maybe you could have the girls over for the rest of the summer and they could go back to Canada in fall for school with your parents?

Yes, it seems that's what we'll do, it will be a nice break for them.

[NikLR 13,227]

I really hope their father can figure out that he's missing out on his daughter's lives and that he needs to get his act together. Positive thoughts to all of you!

[Autumnal 25]

Boarding schools in Canada are rare and prohibitively expensive in most cases. Not that American boarding schools are any cheaper, but they tend to be much more common in various forms.

The idea of taking the girls over a summer sounds promising, especially if you can continue the visitation you had earlier when you lived nearby. That continuity and attention definitely can benefit them.

[hikergirl 277]

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

The above link says for the F1 it can be at a SEVP approved school and even for Elementary age.

I googled SEVP and found this site: http://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/school-search#

There is K-12 Christian school listed in Centreville.

[Udella&Wiz 325]

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

The above link says for the F1 it can be at a SEVP approved school and even for Elementary age.

I googled SEVP and found this site: http://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/school-search#

There is K-12 Christian school listed in Centreville.

Thanks for the investigation