A new user be gentle
Nov 9th 2010, 5:59 am
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Re: A new user be gentle
Hi all, I know that this paticular subject may have been done to death, but just after a little information.
My son has been accepted into a Golf Academy in Bradenton Florida.
The potential problem we have, is he leaves school at the age of fifteen and we really do not want him over there on his own, at this young age?
My son has been accepted into a Golf Academy in Bradenton Florida.
The potential problem we have, is he leaves school at the age of fifteen and we really do not want him over there on his own, at this young age?
Nov 9th 2010, 6:17 am
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Re: A new user be gentle
The reason people can be abrupt is that they've been here a long time, and get a lot of the same questions asked over and over, as you might expect.
Rather than BS someone, or give them false hope, BE users tend to give it to you straight. Unfortunately, and often, the answers are not what people want to hear. And so they get hostile, and the regulars get defensive.
Just take the rough with the smooth. If you stick around, you'll usually get some pearls of wisdom that people have gained through experience.
Rather than BS someone, or give them false hope, BE users tend to give it to you straight. Unfortunately, and often, the answers are not what people want to hear. And so they get hostile, and the regulars get defensive.
Just take the rough with the smooth. If you stick around, you'll usually get some pearls of wisdom that people have gained through experience.
Nov 9th 2010, 6:20 am
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Re: A new user be gentle
What exactly is this golf academy? Is it an institution for which a foreigner can get a student visa? You need to read up on student visas here. If it isn't a SEVIS registered school, I don't think he'll be able to get a student visa to attend. Even if he does get a student visa, there's no visa for parents to accompany their children. Does your son HAVE to go now? Can he put the golf academy off a few years?
I ask this in case in the years ahead we can go, get him settled the sciddadle off back to blighty...?
Nov 9th 2010, 6:24 am
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Re: A new user be gentle
It is a Leadbetter Academy...Yeah I guess he could be put off for a few years, this is yet more questions that need to be answered, I know we will be having meetings with the right people....If there are no visas for parents, how long can we stay in the States before having to leave?
I ask this in case in the years ahead we can go, get him settled the sciddadle off back to blighty...?
I ask this in case in the years ahead we can go, get him settled the sciddadle off back to blighty...?
You've got 90 days on a VWP entry. Spend at least as much time out as you do in.
Nov 9th 2010, 6:34 am
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Re: A new user be gentle
I need a beer after the mayhem of today...
Nov 9th 2010, 6:36 am
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Re: A new user be gentle
then return back to the UK for 3 months.
he said spend as much time outside of the USA, as you do inside it.
don't make it look like you are using a tourist visa (or visa waiver) in order to live there.
Nov 9th 2010, 6:38 am
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Re: A new user be gentle
pretty much the most time you can spend in the USA is 89 days at any one time.
then return back to the UK for 3 months.
he said spend as much time outside of the USA, as you do inside it.
don't make it look like you are using a tourist visa (or visa waiver) in order to live there.
then return back to the UK for 3 months.
he said spend as much time outside of the USA, as you do inside it.
don't make it look like you are using a tourist visa (or visa waiver) in order to live there.
Nov 9th 2010, 6:39 am
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Re: A new user be gentle
Imo, a reputable "academy" making a reputable offer would have already supplied the relevant financial/visa information as part of an offer package. I really wonder whether this place has a clue as to what's involved here.
Nov 9th 2010, 6:43 am
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Re: A new user be gentle
I have not said a reputable offer, merely an invite...from his UK coach, which was received from the States....
Nov 9th 2010, 6:51 am
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Re: A new user be gentle
Sounds like they don't really realize the complexities of actually having him attend. While it was nice of them to invite him, it doesn't sound overly feasible.
Nov 9th 2010, 6:55 am
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Re: A new user be gentle
However, I cannot just say no, based on a few posts on an internet forum can I..
Nov 9th 2010, 6:58 am
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Re: A new user be gentle
Yeh, sounds like this "acceptance" isn't worth the paper it wasn't written on... my advice to the OP is to make very sure that this is a legitimate school that has actual experience of having under-age foreign citizens attend.
