What is it like being a British student in America?

What are my chances of getting a student visa and go to highschool in america?

  • so I've lived in america for 13 years (illegally) & i'm 16 right now. i left the U.S a year ago with my (she was illegal) mom and american little sister. my mom wants me to move to america with my uncle (which is her brother american citizen & he has 3 american children) to Florida because i'm doing online courses from Philadelphia all the way in Argentina(where i am right now) and she doesn't want me to be home schooled she wants me to live in america and go to school since i'm planning to live there in the future. i don't go to school here in Argentina because i don't know Spanish that much and i don't really get along with the people.

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    Chances are, unfortunately, very slim for you. If you left through "official" channels, you are probably subject to a ban...although that might not be the case since you were brought here illegally and since you were a minor, had no say in it (or the length of your illegal stay). That would be the only "out" I could see for you, but you need to talk to a US Immigration lawyer to see what your options are and if you need to file any waivers or anything. Check out the USCIS website also...there are LOTS of resources there. Also check out the immigration boards (such as immigrate2us) and ask your questions in the forums. Probably someone has been in your shoes in the past and can help with advice. I think your best option is to try to show you were (are, actually) a minor, so the illegal entry and stay were out of your control. I am just not sure what forms you need to do so. Good luck!

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Your chances for a student visa are very poor. Although you are not inadmissible due to your history of unlawful presence because you were under 18, you nevertheless lived in the U.S. illegally for almost 13 years, and you only left the U.S. recently. Section 212(a)(9)(B) may not apply to you as it would your mother, but there are over 30 other reasons why you might be inadmissible, the main one being that you have no intention of returning to Argentina once you set foot in the U.S. You probably entered the U.S. when Argentina was a part of the Visa Waiver Program. Effective February 21, 2002, Argentina was removed from the VWP. Thousands of citizens of Argentina and Uruguay came to the U.S. using the VWP, and a large percentage of them violated the terms of their admissions (as you and your mother did). If you did enter using the VWP, you never qualified for a visa previously in your life. If you qualified for a student visa now, you could only attend a public secondary school for one year, and you would have to pay the per capita cost of your education before the student visa would be issued.

Fred S

Since you are still a minor, perhaps if your mother gave legal custory of you to your Uncle in Florida that might allow you to come here as his ward. I had a similar circumstance many years ago. There was a crisis in my family and no one to watch me so I was sent to family in South Africa. I'm sure there must be many instances of parents dying and their naming siblings in America as the caretaker.

Hoekom jy my haat

you may have good chance to do so, but you need uncle to petition for you or find student exchange program, go online to hunt for answers

M

Your uncle would probably have to prove that he had the resources to house, clothe and feed you. At 16 you're still considered a minor in the US and you would only be allowed if an adult is willing to take responsibility for you. If it's that big of a deal to you consider letting your uncle formally adopt you. That would be one nearly ironclad way of being allowed in. If you're here when you turn 18 you'd have a better chance of being allowed to stay. Simply "planning to live" in the US doesn't carry much weight with ICE. This all assumes you were never caught when you lived in the US illegally. A deportation or detention probably means there's no chance. BTW - You're going to need to speak Spanish whether you're in Argentina OR the US. Might as well start learning.

jezebel

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