Studying on H4

[Eance]

Hi
I have an 18 year old who is on a H4 visa. He wants to enroll at the
local tech college and take some vocational courses this year.
Will he have to change his H4 and if so to what?
Also, he has been told there is a visa for further education that
would allow him to work part time while studying (not an in-school
job) Does any one know which visa this is, the requirements and how
many hours he would be able to work if approved?

Thanks
Chris

[Sue]

Your son can go to college on a H4 visa. I, myself have a H4 and have
taken a couple of courses at the local community college.

Make sure you inquire about the fees, at the college I attended I had to
pay out-of-state tuition because I am neither a US Citizen or a
permanent resident.

The other visas you mentioned may be the F or M visas, you can find
information about these at:
http://www.travel.state.gov/visa;foreignstuden.html

Sue

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[Sylvia Ottemoeller]

Eance wrote:

Sue gave you a good answer about going to school in H-4
status.

The usual student visa for academic programs is F-1. In F-1
status, there are various possibilities for employment
authorization both on-campus and off-campus. To be eligible
for almost all types of off-campus work authorization, the
F-1 status holder must attend school full-time for at least
nine months. Schools usually have some guidance on their
websites about this issue. See
http://www.isso.cornell.edu/immigration/f1empl.html, for
example.