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I know there are a lot of these posts, I am just hoping someone can look over mine and give me their advice.
My girlfriend is from Spain and we were planning on having her apply for the B2 for her to come here for 6 months. She graduated last year and we were thinking it would be perfect as we could spend the holidays together the first couple months and then she can take the CBEST, CSET and visit prospective universities for her masters. She can only take these two tests in California, so in is important that she be here. She would also be filling her time volunteering at schools as experience in CA classrooms is a pre-requisite to apply (it has to be California schools, experience in Spanish schools don't count)I am a doctoral student in my first year and would be her sponsor.
She has been to America twice before and never had problems, most recently for a month in July. She has also travelled extensivley in Europe and has lived with me in person for two years there. Having looked at many forums, however, I am now worried she will be denied as she has no job, property or school. This was intended to be her year off before starting her graduate work. She does have family and a bank account in Spain but not much else to solidly tie her down there. What are her chances considering that she has travelled here before without incident and that she is looking both at tourism and test sitting. It seems obvious to me you can't spend the holidays, take two important tests, apply to colleges and get volunteer hours in a 90 day period but would the visa officier see it that way? Does me being a doctoral student at a prestigious school count for anything, if I write a letter of invitation for instance? Again it seems blatantly obvious to me neither of us are in a position to marry or for her to stay permanently but would they realize that? We also want to travel to Spain together after the 6 months, would that be helpful for her to mention or for me to include in a letter of invitation?
My biggest fear is that she will be denied and she will no longer be able to come to the country with a visa waiver. Are there any major ramifications if she is denied? If she cant come here to take the tests and volunteer in schools she cant even apply for her masters program. I have read that getting a B2 in London is nearly impossible for young people but there is nothing on Madrid.I'm sorry for asking so many questions, this whole process has proven to be much more complicated then I originally anticipated. I'm just hoping to avoid making any mistakes and to do everything right the first time. Thank you very much in advance for any help you can offer!
My girlfriend is from Spain and we were planning on having her apply for the B2 for her to come here for 6 months. She graduated last year and we were thinking it would be perfect as we could spend the holidays together the first couple months and then she can take the CBEST, CSET and visit prospective universities for her masters. She can only take these two tests in California, so in is important that she be here. She would also be filling her time volunteering at schools as experience in CA classrooms is a pre-requisite to apply (it has to be California schools, experience in Spanish schools don't count)I am a doctoral student in my first year and would be her sponsor.
She has been to America twice before and never had problems, most recently for a month in July. She has also travelled extensivley in Europe and has lived with me in person for two years there. Having looked at many forums, however, I am now worried she will be denied as she has no job, property or school. This was intended to be her year off before starting her graduate work. She does have family and a bank account in Spain but not much else to solidly tie her down there. What are her chances considering that she has travelled here before without incident and that she is looking both at tourism and test sitting. It seems obvious to me you can't spend the holidays, take two important tests, apply to colleges and get volunteer hours in a 90 day period but would the visa officier see it that way? Does me being a doctoral student at a prestigious school count for anything, if I write a letter of invitation for instance? Again it seems blatantly obvious to me neither of us are in a position to marry or for her to stay permanently but would they realize that? We also want to travel to Spain together after the 6 months, would that be helpful for her to mention or for me to include in a letter of invitation?
My biggest fear is that she will be denied and she will no longer be able to come to the country with a visa waiver. Are there any major ramifications if she is denied? If she cant come here to take the tests and volunteer in schools she cant even apply for her masters program. I have read that getting a B2 in London is nearly impossible for young people but there is nothing on Madrid.I'm sorry for asking so many questions, this whole process has proven to be much more complicated then I originally anticipated. I'm just hoping to avoid making any mistakes and to do everything right the first time. Thank you very much in advance for any help you can offer!
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