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Ms. Chen问：
My 11 year old nephew has spent the last two summer school holidays in the US with us, attending a summer camp in US. He also came to visit with his parents for this winter holiday. He really wants to study in the US. When he was here we visited a local Christian school (Hillcrest Christian School-a private school which provides a similar arrangement for overseas students and is listed in SEVIS schools), and they offered him a place there. My sister applied for an F-1 student visa, and he was recently interviewed and denied an F-1 visa by the US Embassy in Shanghai, China. The Visa Officer in Shanghai said my nephew is too young for a US Christian school and rejected his application for the F-1 visa. We have a few options now:
1. should my nephew wait and apply for a student visa in China again next year?
2. should he apply for a tourist visa in China and apply for the transferring the student visa after entering the US next year. (we have a concern that his tourist visa may be rejected after his application for a student visa was rejected).
3. he has a multiple entry visa valid until May 2012 - should we let him enter the US before expiration of his tourist visa and try to transfer the tourist visa to student visa in the US – we were expecting him to visit for the winter holiday with his mother anyway?

Immigration Express答：
您的侄子要在上海领事馆重新申请F-1学生签证，不需要等到明年，只要有新情况新理由，就可以重新去签证；但小留学生的学生签证难度比较高，第二次申请要准备充分，以免不充足再次被拒，给以后的签证带来更多困难。需要准备的材料有财力证明、美方监护人和sponsor的证明、小孩子本人的证明材料以及由父母代写的一封申请信等等。

如果他用B-2签证进美国再改为F-1学生，一般来说，如果B-2签证未标注prospective student，将来要在美国改成学生，也是很困难，难度不比在领事馆签证低。

我们曾多次帮助F-1被拒学生重新申请到学生签证，也为14岁以下的小留学生申请过F-1，相信也可以帮到您的侄子来美国读书。如有任何问题，欢迎与我们联系：
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