Bringing Mother and Child of Collage age on k1 and K2

[Rusk Marcotte 20]

My question is her son will start collage ! But how do I register him ? I am expecting them to arrive in September hopefully then I will start the process of green cards and so on ! I would like to register him in collage in December if possible 

to start ! What is the process under what foreign 

student ? 

[SalishSea 18,126]

41 minutes ago, Rusk Marcotte said:

My question is her son will start collage ! But how do I register him ? I am expecting them to arrive in September hopefully then I will start the process of green cards and so on ! I would like to register him in collage in December if possible 

to start ! What is the process under what foreign 

student ? 

Best resource for info on this is the college he wants to attend.

[Ontarkie 14,446]

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December is normally the end of the semester so getting him registered then would be good for classes that start in January. 

You will want to check with the college because some colleges will consider him  a non resident and charge you way more. Here you need 6 months residency to be considered a resident and get the lower rates. 

Also without his actual card he won't be able to apply for many scholarships and grants. He will also need to register with Selective services to be eligible for those. 

[Pitaya 2,577]

We were in a very similar situation when my wife and stepson came to the US in late July 2012. My stepson was a "young" 18 year old and I suggested that he start by attending a local community college, and then transfer to a large university after two years.  In the initial years , a student is generally completing their general studies. It was much smaller, less intimidating, and less expensive. We felt that this environment would better enable him to acclimate to college life and life in America.  After some confusion, some folks in the college admissions office thought that he was an international student. We wanted to enroll him as a regular student, who would be non-resident fo tuition purposes for the time being, and not an international student. Be sure to check with the admissions office as to what the residency requirements for the college. Each state and college may have different requirements.There was a doubling in tuition and fees for non-resident versus resident students for tuition purposes. He was able to enroll in the upcoming fall quarter as a non-resident student. We were fortunate to get an appointment with the director of financial services and admissions at this small school. Thinking back on that fortunate appointment with this nice lady, we realized that this was something you likely would only encounter in a small college. Basically, state residency for tuition purposes for him depended on me being a resident of the state and claiming him on my Federal income tax return as a dependent.  The admissions director gave me a list of documents that I would have to provide to validate my claims of my residency and his being my dependent. Fortunately, several of the required documents we had already assembled/acquired through our immigration journey.  They didn't care if the documents were addressed to USCIS or DOS. We were able to complete AOS process in quick order. The one thing that we had to wait until the following tax season was my Federal tax return for 2012, showing that he was my dependent. We promptly  submitted all of the required documents in spring 2013, and also a copy of his 2-year conditional GC. In March 2013, the admissions lady responded with a letter declaring that he was a full-time resident student for tuition purposes since November 2012, when he had acquired  his GC. She also included a check from the college refunding us some of the non-resident tuition money we had had paid since November. That was a pleasant surprise.

 

My stepson attended the community college for two years, got an associate degree in science, with a high GPA. He then applied and was accepted to the University of Washington. In 2017 he graduated from the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering with a BS degree in Computer Science. In the intervening summers he did internships with Tesla Motor and Amazon. He now works full-time for a computer technology company,  F5 Networks, and is currently specializing in cloud network application and delivery services. The world is now his oyster. We are quite proud of his accomplishment thus far.

 

Best withes on your ongoing immigration journey.

[SalishSea 18,126]

53 minutes ago, Pitaya said:

We were in a very similar situation when my wife and stepson came to the US in late July 2012. My stepson was a "young" 18 year old and I suggested that he start by attending a local community college, and then transfer to a large university after two years.  In the initial years , a student is generally completing their general studies. It was much smaller, less intimidating, and less expensive. We felt that this environment would better enable him to acclimate to college life and life in America.  After some confusion, some folks in the college admissions office thought that he was an international student. We wanted to enroll him as a regular student, who would be non-resident fo tuition purposes for the time being, and not an international student. Be sure to check with the admissions office as to what the residency requirements for the college. Each state and college may have different requirements.There was a doubling in tuition and fees for non-resident versus resident students for tuition purposes. He was able to enroll in the upcoming fall quarter as a non-resident student. We were fortunate to get an appointment with the director of financial services and admissions at this small school. Thinking back on that fortunate appointment with this nice lady, we realized that this was something you likely would only encounter in a small college. Basically, state residency for tuition purposes for him depended on me being a resident of the state and claiming him on my Federal income tax return as a dependent.  The admissions director gave me a list of documents that I would have to provide to validate my claims of my residency and his being my dependent. Fortunately, several of the required documents we had already assembled/acquired through our immigration journey.  They didn't care if the documents were addressed to USCIS or DOS. We were able to complete AOS process in quick order. The one thing that we had to wait until the following tax season was my Federal tax return for 2012, showing that he was my dependent. We promptly  submitted all of the required documents in spring 2013, and also a copy of his 2-year conditional GC. In March 2013, the admissions lady responded with a letter declaring that he was a full-time resident student for tuition purposes since November 2012, when he had acquired  his GC. She also included a check from the college refunding us some of the non-resident tuition money we had had paid since November. That was a pleasant surprise.

 

My stepson attended the community college for two years, got an associate degree in science, with a high GPA. He then applied and was accepted to the University of Washington. In 2017 he graduated from the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering with a BS degree in Computer Science. In the intervening summers he did internships with Tesla Motor and Amazon. He now works full-time for a computer technology company,  F5 Networks, and is currently specializing in cloud network application and delivery services. The world is now his oyster. We are quite proud of his accomplishment thus far.

 

Best withes on your ongoing immigration journey.

Well done!  You guys must be so proud of him.  UW is an excellent school, and the CS college has a great reputation.  My youngest is headed off to UW in the fall.....no definitive major thus far, but he is leaning towards the health sciences.  

[Pitaya 2,577]

2 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Well done!  You guys must be so proud of him.  UW is an excellent school, and the CS college has a great reputation.  My youngest is headed off to UW in the fall.....no definitive major thus far, but he is leaning towards the health sciences.  

We certainly are proud of him. 

 

After practicing pharmacy for 38 years, I am retiring. If I could make one suggestion for your youngest child, certainly get involved in the health sciences, but also consider some additional studying in computers and high-tech. The combination would very likely reward  them with very successful career.

[SalishSea 18,126]

35 minutes ago, Pitaya said:

We certainly are proud of him. 

 

After practicing pharmacy for 38 years, I am retiring. If I could make one suggestion for your youngest child, certainly get involved in the health sciences, but also consider some additional studying in computers and high-tech. The combination would very likely reward  them with very successful career.

I get that.  I'm an RN myself :-)  20 years in.  I feel like health care in general missed the IT boat in so many ways.  Some of the docs I work with will struggle with the CPOE that is hurtling towards them, although they know that after the learning curve is mastered, it will be better for everyone. 

 

My older one went the CS direction at Berkeley, and is now a software engineer at Lime in San Francisco.  

 

Congrats on your retirement!