Student Visa requirements to USA college

[kawika69 4]

Aloha,

My Pinay girlfriend/fiance is interested in coming to US (Hawaii) to attend college here on Maui Hawaii  I am not trying to cheat the system but I have a simple question.  How would she go about applying for a student visa?  Could I be her sponsor?  I know she would have to go back to Philippines eventually so when would that become a requirement?  If we married here (I know she couldn't just stay here at that point.)  Could the spousal visa or fiance visa process begin once she is here?  I would think we would get married once she is here in the US. Again, I know this is not a short-cut but she really would like to attend college here.  She is presently in her third year of college in Tacloban at university.  She is studying Early Childhood Education.  Here grades are exemplary and of course studying here where she eventually intends to teach would be advantageous to her.  Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.  And to you out there that think I am trying to somehow "cheat the system" don't waste your breath as we are not.

[Boiler 45,516]

So this is for 2022?

 

Has she spoken to the College? Fairly simple process 

 

Better if she uses her own funds

[Adventine 3,196]

She first needs to be accepted by a school in the US. The school will have an international admissions office that can help her process the visa. She'll have to pay international student tuition rates, too. Details here: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/study/student-visa.html

 

Once she gets to the interview stage at the US embassy in Manila, she'll have to be honest about who is paying for her tuition and living expenses, and her relationship to you.

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

1 hour ago, kawika69 said:

She is presently in her third year of college in Tacloban at university.  She is studying Early Childhood Education.  Here grades are exemplary and of course studying here where she eventually intends to teach would be advantageous to her. 

Are you saying she wants to transfer and finish her degree here? She should inquire first as to what would be accepted for credit from what she has done already. She may find she needs an extra year or even two to meet the requirements for US college graduation. Financially it would probably make much more sense for her to finish her degree there and then do a post graduate qualification of some sort here. 
 

If she doesn’t mind extra extra years and money, then the route is to get accepted and apply for a F1 student visa. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/study/student-visa.html