Can I study in the United States with a tourist visa?

Recently, it is said that other people's children attend American public primary and secondary schools with B2 tourist visas. How can you refuse? In view of such a problem, let's talk about whether we can study in the United States with a tourist visa. Let's have a look.

The answer is that facts are not always legal.

Each non-immigrant visa or identity has a specific purpose. B-2 is a tourist visa. The main purpose of coming to America should be to travel, not to study. When a person changes his intention and purpose, he should change his visa or identity. Engaging in any behavior that is inconsistent with identity may violate identity, and the consequence of violating identity is to lose identity. The consequence of losing your valid identity may be that you cannot change, extend or adjust your identity in the United States.

Going to a public school as a B-2 tourist deviates from the intention expressed by the applicant when seeking a B2 visa or entering the United States, which essentially violates the B-2 status. Once discovered, the most serious consequence may be deportation. People who lose their valid identity may not be able to change, extend or adjust their identity in the United States, which may affect future visa applications.

Just like F- 1, students are generally not allowed to work outside the school. What we are discussing now is whether it is legal, not whether it is discovered. If you don't find it, you may not have to bear the consequences Once discovered, it may face serious consequences. We have seen a case: when visiting relatives in the United States, the child went to a public school for several months and then came back, enjoying American education very much. He applied to a private school and got I-20, but his visa was refused because it violated American law.

In principle, students in public schools in the United States do not check their identity when they register for school, but the school office will copy the students' application materials, including passports, so it is recorded.

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How to get children to attend American public schools?

So how do you get your children to attend American public schools? The legal way is to let your child apply to change to F- 1 (academic school students) or M- 1 (vocational school students). Only after F- 1 or M- 1 is approved can children enter school. Of course, if parents change to F- 1/J 1 and children change to F2/J2, children can also go to school. If parents have work visas such as H 1B and L 1A, their children can also go to school if they change to H4 or L2.

Then, can parents apply for an F-2 visa (or identity) to accompany their children after they transfer to the U.S. F- 1 student status? The answer is no, there is no visa type for parents to accompany in the United States, and vice versa. If parents apply for an F- 1 student visa, children can come to the United States as F2. Accompanied children can attend American public primary and secondary schools for free. In reality, some parents go to ordinary schools, but live in good school districts, so that their children can go to the best public primary and secondary schools. As long as parents maintain a valid F- 1 identity, children can always learn with F-2 identity. My parents asked me if I could accompany them with a B visa. Not a 10 visa now? The answer is no, B2 usually only gives 3-6 months, you can renew it and stay for a few more months, but if you renew it and stay in the United States longer than China, you can return to China next time or just give it a month.