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a student from a foreign country who holds a student visa for the purposes of pursuing a college education or advanced degree in the United States. Undocumented students are not considered international students and do not have to meet international student admission criteria. Is an immigrant an international student? International […]

California is home to more than two million undocumented immigrants and conservative estimates find that approximately 75,000 undocumented students are enrolled in California’s public and independent colleges and universities. How many undocumented students graduate from college in California? The top five states with undocumented students in higher education are California […]

Luckily, you can get student loans as a green card holder too. Permanent residents with Forms I-151, I-551 and I-551C can get multiple types of loans so they can afford their college tuition. Basically, you can get either federal student loans or private ones, depending on how much money you […]

The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans is a scholarship program offered to immigrants and refugees in the United States. In order to qualify for the scholarship program, applicants must be planning to attend a graduate-level degree program at an accredited American university on a full-time basis. Do […]

Many scholarships are open to non citizens, such as the Red Thread Foundation Scholarship, which is open to women of international backgrounds regardless of citizenship status. Many of the other scholarships in this list are available for non citizens; check their eligibility requirements to make sure. Can I get a […]

By Ilona Bray, J.D. In a handful of U.S. states, including California, someone who was born in a country other than the U.S. and who has no legal immigration status in the U.S. can obtain a driver’s license. (The short term for such a person is “undocumented.” You might also […]

Challenges that students face include interrupted schooling, language and cultural barriers, minority religious beliefs, levels of native education, socioeconomic resources, and the host country’s level of acceptance or rejection of the immigrants. What were 3 challenges immigrants faced? The 8 Biggest Challenges Facing Immigrants Language Barriers. The language barrier is […]