F-1 student wants to bring cousin to study High School in the US

[bperes 10]

Hey everyone,

I'm a F-1 visa student attending an university in Florida...

My cousin, she is 15 years old, wants to come to the US to study her last year of High School here...

I want to know if I can help her with anything, like being her guardian here or something, if I can have her here in the F-2 visa...
I don't know, I'm trying to make things easier and cheaper for her mother...

If anything know something that can help, I will really appreciate!

Thanks in advance,

Brunno

[Darnell 8,478]

1. you want to be the financial sponsor / guarantor of a high school student, paying the tuition into a private school that will handle her F-1 visa ? You have monies for this?

2. Talk with your favorite private high school in your area, the foreign student counselor can help you with the planning and logistics.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

She will not get a visa to attend a public high school. A private high school will require about 10-40 k to attend and she will need proof of funds for the school and living just like you needed. She is not your child so you can't sneak her in on an F2 visa.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Hey everyone,

I'm a F-1 visa student attending an university in Florida...

My cousin, she is 15 years old, wants to come to the US to study her last year of High School here...

I want to know if I can help her with anything, like being her guardian here or something, if I can have her here in the F-2 visa...

I don't know, I'm trying to make things easier and cheaper for her mother...

If anything know something that can help, I will really appreciate!

Thanks in advance,

Brunno

Hi,

She is not your child, so she does not qualify for an F2a visa. If guardianship was all it take, then how many people would abuse it to bring family and friends to study in the U.S. for free?

If she wants to study in the U.S., she goes through the same process you went through since she will need an F-1 visa.

Best of luck

Edited June 24, 2015 by aaron2020

[Boiler 43,434]

I though you could do a year in Public High School if you paid, I know not all School Districts take F1 students.

I agree with the others, it is basically the same process you went through.

From a practical point of view would she not be better off finish High School and then looking at Uni in the US? 15 is probably the worst age to move.