Going to school!!!

[llllary 0]

Hello there!

I have my K1 approved and will fly to USA very soon. How soon will I be eligible to go to the university?

I have already got my degree in my home country, but I would like to continue it asap.

After getting married (and sending docs for AOS) what do I need to wait for or to do in order to enroll in school? Is it possible only with GC?

Thank you very much!!!

Have a great day!

Edited May 18, 2016 by llllary

[soulstriker 274]

green card holders can go to school

[NikLR 13,232]

~~moved from K1 process and procedures to moving here and your new life~~

Schooling in the USA is different as prices vary if you are considered in state and out of state. Your best bet is to contact the school you are planning to attend and find out what their admission requirements are, what financial aid is available, etc...

[almost_umrican 54]

FYI, you will be considered as an international student and will have to pay that exhorbitant amount of $ even though you have a green card. some school might accept you as an in state student.however, this can be overcome once you are a citizen.

[Transborderwife 4,666]

FYI, you will be considered as an international student and will have to pay that exhorbitant amount of $ even though you have a green card. some school might accept you as an in state student.however, this can be overcome once you are a citizen.

Wrong. All states offer green card holders in state tuition.

[almost_umrican 54]

Wrong. All states offer green card holders in state tuition.

No, that is not a fact. i lived through it.

[Unlockable 7,315]

How proficient are you in English? Some schools may require you to take an English exam prior to admittance.

[almost_umrican 54]

How proficient are you in English? Some schools may require you to take an English exam prior to admittance.

True, one will have to go through either school's private exam or the ones conducted by ETS. if and only if the student's first language is not english.

[NikLR 13,232]

What college or university did not offer a resident of a state in-state tuition? This way we can avoid that particular one.

Every college and university I've inquired with in Colorado offers in-state tuition for green card holders who meet their residency requirements (usualky 1 year.)

[almost_umrican 54]

bradley.edu , don't worry about it, you are quite a ways from it anyway. i might just move to colarado

[Spmaria 11]

I'm going thru it right now. I didn't graduate (1 year short for a "specialist" diploma) but got many credits already.

- You can go to college with a green card (even before that if you're legal in US) but most of the colleges offer in-state and out-of-state tuitions. In-state is the cheapest options. To be considered as an in-state resident you need to live in a state for 1 year. I guess you can go through adjustment of status and then apply to college, by the time you are done with that it will be a year already. And you'll pay less.

- You need to evaluate your Russian diploma and pass TOEFL test. To evaluate it you need to go to your university in Russia and ask them for a transcript of ALL of your classes (what exactly did you study each semester, how many hours, what score did you have for each class). You need to stamp it and get an apostille. Translate it from Russian to English with apostille.

- Then you chose a college, apply (pay fees), they will tell you to evaluate everything (about $300-400 in New Jersey where I live) and pass TOEFL. After that you will be accepted (or not).

PS: some specialities require you to take some extra classes in US before they can accept your international diploma. Or you need to pass an exams to get a license (medical, law, education).

[Adil & Jeanne 296]

all this will depend on the amount of education you have and can prove from your country / bring school transcripts with you and copy of vaccintaions

most colleges in the US have entrance exams / you may have to do the TOEFL exam for English

you can go after getting the green card and SS number

try going to night school while you wait to be accepted / we usually apply in Junior year for the

California has a lot of financial help for tuition / I went free for 2 years while living there as a state resident at state funded college

this was just to learn the history of the state and Spanish as i had gotten my degree in Cornell and grew up mainly in NY state

[B-2-Z 37]

I enrolled in school before receiving my green card. I don't know if it's just our state, but since he was a high school graduate in state, his spouse automatically gets in state tuition, no matter where we live(online courses offered.) Which is awesome. Generally you must be a resident of the state you're in, some waits are longer than others to establish that.

[chrismyke 7]

You qualify for federal aid and loans the very day you set foot in this country as a permanent resident even before you receive your green card. federal grants such as pell grants are only for those who have no previous post secondary degree or education. Contrary to what one member on here mentioned, you do not get instate tuition rates by virtue of your spouse. Your only qualify for instate tution rates only after being domiciled in a state for at least 12 months. Once you fufill the residency requirement for the state you are in, you also become eligible for state grants , aids and scholarships in addition to the federal grants, loans and scholarships you may be eligible for. You have a choice, you either wait a year, and then enroll to your college of choice and get the significantly lower in state tuition rates and all the perks that comes with it, or you could enroll right away if thats you plan, but you would be paying out of state tuition rates which is significantly higher and means you would be paying more money out of your pocket. Then again, all this is true for the public colleges and universities but not soo much so for the private institutions. It really boils down to private or public colleges, and also 2 year or four year colleges.

[NikLR 13,232]

I enrolled in school before receiving my green card. I don't know if it's just our state, but since he was a high school graduate in state, his spouse automatically gets in state tuition, no matter where we live(online courses offered.) Which is awesome. Generally you must be a resident of the state you're in, some waits are longer than others to establish that.

Sometimes they will count it from when your spouse lived in that state as well. I've been told Colorado does this too but I never called around to find out as even in-state tuition was a bit too much at the time.