can anyone help me?
i am a 36 y.o. female foreigner, on a tourist visa here in the us. i would like to study nursing here as a second career but i'm worried about the difficulties of getting a change to an f1 student visa from a b1/b2 (tourist visa). since i will declare my major to be "nursing" would it be a dead give-away to uscis of my "intent to migrate" therefore jeopardizing my securing a student visa? after studying nursing, i can't think of not working here given the great need for nurses nationwide.
i have also an option of going back home to study but i the idea does not thrill me. for one, only the 4-year bsn degree is offered and secondly, if i choose to work in the u.s. later on, i will be subjected to tedious education evaluation unlike if i study in the u.s. i know it'll be a lot more expensive for a non-citizen to study in the us so i plan to take an associate degree from a community college then work my way to a bsn.
i am done with business as my first career! i want to try something new where you work and help at the same time...and get paid decently, too.
thanks for anyone who will be responding....