Student taking course in US under 1yr

[bigticket77 0]

I am the Dean of a vocationall school and I have a man from Nigeria wanting his niece to come to US to do our esthetics course which is 1000 hours long ( 7 months  duration). 

He seems to think she can come without a student visa and is talking about a "walkabout visa".

I have no idea what he is talking about. Can anyone give me some clarification on this?

 

Thanks!

[SteveInBostonI130 3,434]

Niece will need a student visa.

 

The "walkabout visa" might be something from the Crocodile Dundee movies.

[Lil bear 4,198]

16 minutes ago, SteveInBostonI130 said:

Niece will need a student visa.

 

The "walkabout visa" might be something from the Crocodile Dundee movies.

Are you implying that not everything from Crocodile Dundee is true ?  Oh I am offended now. No more “likes” for you for while ! 🤪

Edited January 2 by Lil bear

[jan22 3,052]

He is probably referring to a visa common in parts of Europe and former colonies also referred to as a "gap year" visa. The US has no equivalent.

 

The length of the program does not control when a student visa is required.  A course that Iasts only a few weeks can require a student visa. It all depends on the couse structure and the outcome upon successful completion of it.  More importantly, I'm sure your school has clear procedures/requirements for foreign student admittance-- if it has I-120 issuing authority granted by DHS, which it must if it has foreign students.  Those procedures should be clearly communicated to him and followed, regardless of what he or anyone else tells you or asks you to do.