I am getting a American Student VISA?
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Staying in a dorm can be fun, but you may not want to stay there your entire college years.  You can rent a room with other students, etc.  California is very expensive, so you may have to be very conservative with your spending until you understand how much things will cost.  If your college is in a big city, you may have access to rapid transit.  In San Francisco, it's called BART- Bay Area Rapid Transit.  You won't need a car if you're close to one of these.  \nGood luck, have fun and study, study, study!
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It is a document given by the university where you get admitted. They automatically process the I 20 for international students.\n\nIn order to apply for a visa at a U.S. embassy or consulate, you must first have a SEVIS (Student and Exchange Visitor Information System)-generated document (either an I-20 or DS-2019) issued by a U.S. college or university or Department of State-designated sponsor organization. You will be required to submit this form when you apply for a visa. The U.S. academic institution or program sponsor will provide you with the appropriate SEVIS-generated form only when you have been academically admitted to the institution or accepted as a participant in an exchange program. The institution or program sponsor will also send you additional information about applying for the appropriate visa, as well as other guidance about beginning your academic program in the United States. \nOnce you have all the documentation that is required, you may apply for the visa, even if you do not intend to begin your program of study for several months. It is best to apply early for the visa to make sure that there is sufficient time for visa processing.
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Yes, enroll in a student exchange program. Or if you want to be a US citizen, find a way to get a sponsor from the US to sponsor you.
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Talk to your University administration, they might have a student visa program.
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The school does not have the power or authority to take your visa.  However, U.S. Immigration law states that you must provide proof of tuition being paid (even to a public school) in order to use a student visa.
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U.S. gives equal opportunities for a student VISA to all students, no matter where they're from. The rumors you've heard aren't true. I had a U.S. student visa and i know how it goes. However, one thing is for sure, after September 11th, you know the WTC crash, they have much more strickt rules, so you need to be pretty good to meet all the conditions and they will definitely do a background check on you.\n\nDon't let that discourage you, your english seems pretty good, i  strongly recommend you to go on and make use of opportunities that come in your way. Back in time when i was planning to continue my education in U.S. i've used COLLEGEBOARD.COM, it's the best site ever for these kind of things. It will help you with everything, choose the best university for you, the most affordable one, it will help you with schoolarships and so on. You should really try it.\n\nIt helped me a lot, i got accepted into: UCLA and Harvard University, and i used this site. At the end, i ended up going to R.I.T (Rochester Institute of Technology, NY). \n\nI benefit in others ways from this site as well, cause in this site you create a profile, and than the  info in this site is available to many scholar organizations, universities and so on. 4 months letter i recieved a mail telling me that i was choosen to represent ALBANIA and KOSOVO in the GYLC 2004 in Washington D.C. It's amazing how much opportunities this site can bring to you.\n\nAll you need to do is find 3-4 Universities that you like and apply to all of them. Than you need to pass TOEFL and SAT or ATC, submit the scores and you're done. Hopefully you'll be accepted and win a scholarship of some kind. I wish you a good luck ;)
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It depends on what country you are coming from.\n\nAs an American when I studied in Canada I only needed my acceptance letter from the University and proof that I could support myself inorder to get my Student Visa.\n\nYou'll have to talk to whatever school you are interested in attending to make sure they dont have any additional requirements like TOFEL (I think thats what it is called) scores for students coming from non-English language countries.
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It depends on how much money you make and what you can contribute to the country.  It would be a lot easier to get into the US on a student visa than a work visa unless you work for an American company that is willing and able to transfer you.
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You have to get a visa. If you are telling the truth, go to another city and go to the nearest US embassy.
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If you come here on a student visa you will not legally be allowed to work.  You must come with enough funds to see you through your planned period of study.  \nThere are many opportunities, do some web searches for what you are interested in...;
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a visa to what country??? if to us, a student visa? work visa? what kind???  \n\nif to america, here are the options\n\nstudent visa:\n\nhttp://immigration.about.com/c/ht/00/07/How_Get_Student_Visa0962934890.htm\n\n___________________________________________________\n\nVisitor Visa \n\nhttp://immigration.about.com/od/visawaiversvisitorvisas/ht/howtovisitvisa.htm
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Recently, the U.S. has updated its visa policies to increase security for our citizens and visitors. It will likely take you longer to get a visa than it used to, and you will find that a few new security measures have been put into place. For details that may apply specifically to your country, see information posted by your nearest consulate or embassy. \n\nSee the following web site for more information:\n\nhttp://www.unitedstatesvisas.gov/obtainingvisa/index.html
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Yes, people at the Consulate are going to be suspicious if the names don't match. That might jeopardize your visa entirely. Can you ask the university to speed up the process of sending you a corrected I-20?
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Well, your F1-visa will be issued with the name of the university that u used it's I20 (say university A). Uni A will put your info in the government system. Say after you've reached the US u want to transfer to uni B. You'll need to ask your uni A school official to note your transfer to uni B in the system. U can attend uni b eventhough ur F1-Visa says uni A\n\nNow the problem is does uni A want to do that, before u give em some money? The best way is to ask your uni A school official
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Go to American University
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i work at a university and unless students are perm residents or us citizens they can only get loans that are co-signed. otherwise, they're are not allowed to enter the US unless they have the funds to support themselves for the time they're earning their degree.  if you're enrolled in a us university, you should speak to a financial aid officer or visit the university's website for financial aid and the one for international students.  even if you're not enrolled at this time you can visit the schools website to get the info you need.  at the university where i work they try to put as much info as possible on the website for students, parents, and employees and most of it is available to anyone surfing the web
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Your question is a little confusing because you state you want to become an American citizen and then continue going to school. You can apply for a student visa to come to America and go to graduate school for your doctorate. \n\nIf you want to become an American Citizen you can look into getting into the diversity lottery for immigration, which is probably the quickest way. You could find someone who wanted to marry you and become either a spouse of fiance and come to America through a K1 (fiance) or K3 (Dependent) Visa. \n\nThe hardest thing is getting here and there is a great deal more information you can access at the uscis.gov website regarding immigration. In the end, it all depends on who interviews you for your visa to come here. I home you get someone who does their job and does not interject personal bias into the formula.