http://www.englishoverseas.com/blog/is-there-a-student-visa-requirement-to-come-in-and-study-esl-2/ Thu, 17 May 2012 18:22:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.englishoverseas.com/blog/is-there-a-student-visa-requirement-to-come-in-and-study-esl-2/comment-page-1/#comment-517 2128haha. Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:50:19 +0000 http://www.englishoverseas.com/blog/is-there-a-student-visa-requirement-to-come-in-and-study-esl-2/#comment-517 If you come to US primarily for tourism, but want to take a short course of study of less than 18 hours per week, you may be able to do so on a B1/B2 visitor visa. If your course of study is more than 18 hours a week, you will need a F1 student visa. you also need to check with the ESL school you plan to attend, some schools require students to obtain F1 student visa in order to enroll in a course even for 1semester. good luck. If you come to US primarily for tourism, but want to take a short course of study of less than 18 hours per week, you may be able to do so on a B1/B2 visitor visa. If your course of study is more than 18 hours a week, you will need a F1 student visa.
you also need to check with the ESL school you plan to attend, some schools require students to obtain F1 student visa in order to enroll in a course even for 1semester.
good luck.

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