The most common USA Visa:

  1. Student visa F1
  2. Visitor visa
  3. Post study work permit (F/J/M – 3 year open work permit)

Student visa F1. 

Student visas vary from 1 – 4 academic years depending on program length. The student may be required to sit up a credibility interview with the Academic institution and the embassy staff. Englanders CR provides mock up interview preparation.

For minor students, under 18 years of age, most institutions will ask the family to appoint a guardian that will be the primary point of contact in case of emergency. The guardian can be a family member or a family friend.

In most cases the school in the USA will apply their fees in installments, the first of which, in many cases called deposit will have been paid by the student by the time that the school will release I 20 (visa letter).

Visitor visa (up to 10 years) 

 The main factors that immigration will examine in order to grant a visitor visa are 

  • links the applicant has with the home county (family, residence etc)
  • overall financial and employment status (income from rent, salary, saving etc)
  • credibility and previous immigration history or breaches of immigration Law in the USA or other countries.

For individuals older than 82 years, the embassy does not require physical presence at the day of the appointment. Contrary to Canadian and British visas, the application system does not allow for the application documents to be uploaded online.

Post study work permit (F/J/M – 3 year open work permit)

It is applied after an eligible employer based in the USA assures the candidate a Certificate of Sponsorship. This route applies to professions that are proven to be at shortage in the USA, that makes employers eligible to offer a job to foreign nationals.

Settlement visa

  • Settlement visa is generally granted to parents, spouses and offspring of eligible USA citizens.
  • The latter has to prove financial ability to look after the family member he or she is sponsoring.

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