Several questions about applying for American universities with green cards.

visa

It takes about 1 year to apply for an American green card and get an immigrant visa. There is no requirement for language, education, business experience and work experience. Just explain the legal source of $500 thousand. After the successful application, the whole family, including unmarried children under 2 1 year old, can get visas to enter the United States at the same time. ? The visa for studying in the United States is a non-immigrant visa, and the visa officer adopts the "presumption of guilt" and assumes that there is an immigration tendency. If you come from a high-risk area, the application difficulty will further increase. The key is to provide sufficient and credible materials to American immigration officials to prove their purpose of studying abroad. In addition, we should also consider English. If the TOEFL score is not good and the spoken English is average, it will be difficult to pass the interview.

tuition

Since primary and secondary schools in the United States implement compulsory education, that is, zero tuition fees (except for aristocratic private boarding schools), students do not need to pay any fees, just pay lunch fees. After new immigrants arrive in the United States, the procedures for enrolling in public schools in their places of residence are very simple. They only need to show the contract for buying or renting a house, plus the water and electricity bills, telephone bills and proof of vaccination for their children. ? As far as college tuition is concerned, if an international student without a green card studies in the United States, the annual tuition, living expenses, room and board, and round-trip air tickets will cost about 250,000 yuan, and the undergraduate course will cost at least 6,543,800 yuan after four years. The tuition fees of local students are only one-third of those of international students, and international students cannot apply for financial aid. State universities or community colleges will charge high tuition fees, fees and credits to international students.

Student loan

/kloc-green card holders over the age of 0/8 can apply for various student loans in the year when they get a green card. For example, the annual tuition fee of excellent private universities in the United States is as high as 30 thousand dollars. Green card holders want to study for a two-year master's degree, and they need $60,000 to $70,000, so they can apply for loans.

Attend a top prestigious school

To enter the top universities in the United States, like eight Ivy League universities, the average annual admission rate is only 9.2%. Generally speaking, the number of international students enrolled by prestigious schools is about 5%~ 10% of the total enrollment each year, and it is open to the whole world. Take Harvard University as an example. In the past seven years, only seven China students have been admitted each year. 90%~95% of the places are reserved for permanent residents or citizens, and about 2000 local students are admitted every year.

Scholarship application

For international students who are interested in applying for American university scholarships, they can only compete with outstanding people from all over the world for very limited scholarship places open to foreigners. But for people with American green cards, the scope of scholarships is far from what a foreigner can apply for.

part-time job

International students have more job restrictions because they have no identity. First of all, you can only apply for part-time jobs on campus. Most of these part-time jobs are unskilled manual labor, and the number is limited, which is difficult for most international students to obtain. Secondly, only students who have obtained the above positions and social numbers are eligible to take part-time jobs outside the school. Local students have no identity problems, few work restrictions, and can freely choose their workplace. The number of off-campus part-time jobs is large, the remuneration is high and the work content is rich.

Health expenditure cost

The high medical expenses of international students can only be borne by commercial insurance or at their own expense. Most of the medical expenses of local students are borne by social insurance, so parents can accompany them at any time and get more care and guidance in their study and life.

Employment?

There are no restrictions for American green card holders to work in the United States, and international students are in extremely unequal competition with American students when they look for jobs after graduating from college. The United States government has specialized agencies to find jobs for Americans free of charge.

Work in America after graduation.

After the international students finish their studies in the United States, the first thing to be solved is the identity problem. American F- 1 Students have one-year optional training (OPT) qualification after graduation. If students fail to apply for OPT within 60 days after graduation, they must leave the United States, get an OPT visa and find a job, and then the employer will come forward to change the student status of F- 1 to the employment status of H-1B. With the H- 1B visa, the applicant can apply for a green card while working. The general cycle is as long as 6~7 years. The United States issues 6.5438+0.4 million green cards to professional immigrants every year. The number of green cards obtained by citizens of any country through professional immigration cannot exceed 7% of the total, that is to say, it cannot exceed 9,800 green cards, while the number of citizens applying for professional immigration in China, Indian and other countries far exceeds this figure every year. ? Therefore, many China students who have obtained master's and doctor's degrees in the United States have to wait a long time even if they find jobs in the United States and get guarantees from their employers to apply for green cards. If an international student does not get a green card after completing his studies in the United States, he will have no choice but to leave the United States. ? According to the statistics of authoritative departments, the number of overseas students returning from China is increasing year by year. I.M.G, a senior American immigration expert, also said that the children of applicants who have obtained family green cards through EB-5 investment immigration have solved their identity problems and can legally settle in the United States to work or continue their studies.