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Re: Online Univerisity, F-1, I-20, and Religious Visa Posted on: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 23:43:30 +0000


> 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)?

Would this not be up to his school, have you asked them?

I am not sure why you would need a visa to be in the US to do an online
degree, but that is being logical and we are talking about visa's.

Does he have to move with you, why not get accomodation nearby?

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