[1rudeboy]

Can’t do that on a student visa. Nice try.

[John Leland 1789]

In 1992 I was aware of a Chinese student who was using student visas not only for himself, but also to get his girlfriend out of China, where they intended to meet up, “marry,” and remain in the States permanently.

When having our passports renewed in Hong Kong, I mentioned this to a consular official. He smiled at me and stated that the State Department already calculates the percentage of Asians (and others) using student visas in an attempt to permanently remain in the States, and to also get family members to the States, and the percentage is quite high, and “often they do manage to get away with it.”