[blindlaw] blind Immigrants

[RJ Sandefur]

Olusegun









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From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> on behalf of Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc. via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 12:40:29 AM
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Cc: Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc.
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] blind Immigrants

RJ asked:

"Have any of you on this list delbt with UsCIS in reguard to helping a blind
person obtain a visa to the USA in order to go to school or work?"

Work is tough; there MUST BE an employer willing to HIRE THE BLIND (OR EVEN
SIGHTED) INDIVIDUAL.  It's a long, long tedious process with paperwork that
will numb your sensibilities.  The employer MUST DEMONSTRATE that there's NO
AMERICAN available to fill the particular job in question.  Ah, the employer
MUST TAKE OUT an ad in at least three or more national newspapers too.  This
UNSETTLING IMMIGRATION/MIGRATION KNOT HEAD, constantly in a STATE OF
QUANDARY, MAY NOT LIKELY be resolved during the course of whatever is left
of my checkered life!

As for school, the blind individual, or if you wish to delve in by helping
to rsearch colleges, something you really DO NOT need to do, should just
find a school--say a four-year college--send through the necessary
applications, pay the required processing fees before and after admission,
then apply for a student visa.  There are three categories of this type of
visa:  F1, J1 and M1.  If the blind individual has dependents, a spouse or
children, then F2, etc. will be necessary in that regard.  However, the
individual MUST DEMONSTRATE that there are ENOUGH FUNDS to keep everyone
going without any dependence on the U.S. public assistance program(s).
Sometimes, a student will get a visa to attend a two-year college.
Typically though, the Consulate General of the United States of America, or
the Embassy of the United States of America, prefers to give a visa to a
four-year college.  Of course, there could be special arrangements between
the U.S. government and certain countries, I don't know what these are or
the rules that govern such arrangements.  The issuance or procurement of a
student visa, or even a visiting visa, is solely at the discretion of the
Consular Officer before whom an individual presents for the necessary
interview.

In closing, no help is truly needed for purposes of coming to school here.
A prospective student can conduct their own investigations online, or
through American libraries around the world, and the services of the United
States Information Service (USIS) can be utilized in the prospective
student's home country.  With all the colleges having a presence on the
Internet, 99% of the assignment is already done for the student, such a one
just needs to determine what the desired goal or objective is.

Hope the foregoing is somewhat helpful; love to take it off list?  Then
write me privately!

Sincerely,
Olusegun
Denver, Colorado


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