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How to Obtain a Student Visa from Morningside College

How to Obtain a Student Visa from Morningside College

Once you are admitted to Morningside College, we will send you an I-20 Form. For detailed information on how to obtain a student visa, visit the United States Department of State website http://travel.state.gov/visa/tempvisitors_types_students2.html

Effective September 1, 2004, there will be a $100.00 charge to the student for issuing an I-20. For more information on the payment of this fee go to https://www.fmjfee.com/index.jhtml

The next step is to request a student entry visa into the United States . This process happens at a United States Embassy or consulate in your country. To read more about the visa application process visit intourvisa

These are the documents that you must have when applying for a student entry visa to the United States:

• a valid passport for at least 6 months
• an I-20 Form
• a copy of financial documents
• Two 2"x 2" photographs in the prescribed format (See www.travel.state.gov )
• a receipt of the SEVIS fee. If you have not received an official receipt in the mail showing payment and you paid the fee electronically, the consulate will accept the temporary receipt you printed from your computer. If you do not have a receipt, the consulate may be able to see your payment electronically if your fee payment was processed at least 3 business days before your interview.
• school admission letter
• financial evidence that shows you have sufficient funds to cover your tuition and living expenses during the period intended to study.
• any information that proves that you will return to your home country after finishing your studies in the United States.  This may be proof of property, family, or other ties to your community.

If your application is approved, you will get a visa stamp on your passport. This stamp, together with your I-20 Form, will allow you to enter the United States.

YOU SHOULD ALWAYS contact the United States Embassy or consulate in your country for the most recent information on how to obtain a student visa in your country. In some cases a fee and an interview are required. If you have access to the internet, you may also visit the United States Department of State website http://travel.state.gov/visa/questions_embassy.html

For more information on how to prepare to come to study to the United States for the first time visit http://www.cafss.nafsa.org/SEVISFee/SFHinterview_IEP.htm