British Expats - B2 prospective student visa

chorolpa wrote:

    > which visa is required to enter USA for student who has been accepted for summer
    > camp which lasts for 1 week. please reply as soon as possible
    >
    > very very urgent!

Ingo wrote to you about this on 01/14/02 and on 03/01/02. His answers are absolutely
correct. Perhaps there something about the answers that you do not understand.

If you will **not be paid,** you may come as a visitor for pleasure, informally known
as "tourist." Your status will be "WT" or "B-2."

See http://travel.state.gov/visa;visitors.html. If you are from a visa waiver country
(listed at the end of the page), you do not need a visa. You just get on the plane
and fill out the visa waiver form. You will get a light green I-94, and your status
will be designated as "WT" (for waiver-tourist). You will be given a 90-day stay in
the U.S. This stay may not be extended or changed within the U.S.

If you need a visa, you may apply for a B-2 visa at a U.S. consular post in your
home country.

[By the way, it will not be a "B-2 prospective student" visa. That phrase refers to a
prospective F-1 or J-1 student, which means a person who will start a full-time
academic program leading to a degree or other certificate of completion. A one-week
summer camp does not qualify for a "student" visa as the U.S. defines it.]

With a B-2 visa, you will get a white I-94 when you enter the U.S., and you will be
given a 6 month stay, usually.

If you **will be paid** for your services in the summer camp, you must get a J-1
visa. This could be in the J-1 summer/work category or the J-1 camp counselor
category. These are not considered "student" visas at all. People who are students in
the home country may apply for them, but they are not student visas.

See

http://www.ccusa.com/HOME/ http://www.campamerica.co.uk/
http://www.greatcampjobs.com/index.htm