> Hi,
>
> Right now my family is sponsoring a young man from Brazil. He has
> been
> in school for a year now in the ESL course under an F-1 visa. He is
> out for the summer and we are moving to a new place that is 2 and 1/2
> hours away from his current school so we need to transfer him.
> However, the new house is a good distance away from any school and we
> wondered if it was possible for him to do an online degree and yet
> still retain his I-20?
>
> Another route that we are pursuing is a Religious Visa. I did
> missionary work in Brazil for the last 5 years (that is how I met this
> young man and his family). He was leading worship in several
> Brazilian
> churches (his father is a pastor of a 1000 member church), and his
> Grandfather, who is American, has been running a ministry and missions
> base in Brazil for more than 17 years. HOWEVER - he is not blood
> related to them, he was a foster child, and never legally adopted.
> That along with the fact he is 19, make it impossible for him to apply
> for a Visa based on some of his family being American. The next
> viable
> route is to apply for a Religious visa. There is a church here that
> he, his family, and myself have been affiliated with for quite some
> time. The connection between that church, and the church(es) (and
> outreaches), that he was a part of in Brazil are strong. However the
> church here in the U.S. does not have it's 501(c)3 (we are working on
> that).
>
> I guess my question is, how difficult would it be for him to get a
> religious visa and can he apply for that change of status while he is
> here in the U.S. Studying? Does anyone know of any attorneys that are
> affordable that help with Religious Visas (and have a good repuation)?
http://faq.visapro.com/R1-Visa-FAQ2.asp#Q2
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