<p>I am a student from India.I wanted to know about the recommended Gross income I should show to the colleges especially UCs..</p>
<p>Please help me with this....the colleges should not feel that I will not be unable to pay them.
So,if the international cost of UC's is around 50k/annum...then what should I show(recommended).Also I am asking this so that there will be no problem in gaining VISA's and all..</p>
<p>please anyone help me!!!</p>
<p>Please reply me fast CC members…my deadline is near(too near)…so please help me…</p>
<p><strong><em>still no one</em></strong>*</p>
<p>You should show the actual gross income?
Is this a trick question</p>
<p>Haha…no this isn’t a trick question.
But I wanted to know what is the recommended !!</p>
<p>OR what should be the minimum…kind off</p>
<p>No minimum, no recommended. You provide the actual number. Anything else is fraud.</p>
<p>Why don’t you go ask this in the international forum? There’s a sub-forum for India.</p>
<p>You need to show your ACTUAL income in U. S. dollars. You can’t just make up any old number. If you apply for a visa to study here , you will have to prove you actually HAVE that money.</p>
<p>You put the honest amount.</p>
<p>The most IMPORTANT point is that you’re going to have to show savings accts that have the $50k+ so that you can prove that you have the funds for your education. </p>
<p>Your question is strange (btw…you used too many negatives in your question which made it awkward). You don’t make up a number just to get your visa. You have to SHOW proof.</p>
<p>I agree with above- OP is making it more complicated than it is.
No need to guess at what is expected amount - you put the number which is accurate & which can be documented.
No guessing!</p>
<p>Thank you everyone!! And I have no plans to decieve, it’s just that I wanted to make sure that will my father’s income will sufficient.
:)</p>
<p>hereicome2013 -</p>
<p>If your father’s income isn’t sufficient, how will you pay for your education? Sit down with him and make sure he is ready, willing, and able to come up with the full Cost of Attendance (COA) for all four years. If he isn’t, then you need to come up with a different plan for your future.</p>
<p>My father has a $45k/annum…Hope it is enough !!
And do UCs make admission decision based on gross income.</p>
<p>By the way COA (cost of attendance) for UC berkely ,LA and san diego are around $40 ,I guess</p>
<p>Your father makes USD 45k each year, and you want to go to a university that costs USD 50k each year? What will your family live on while you are studying?</p>
<p>By the way COA (cost of attendance) for UC berkely ,LA and san diego are around $40 ,I guess</p>
<p>No…the COA for those schools are OVER $50k per year. I’ll check the website of Cal to see how much you have to show that you have in savings. </p>
<p>However, even if the COA were $40k, then how would your family live if they had to pay nearly all their income for your education? Schools might not believe that a family that earns $45k can pay $40k per year for college UNLESS they have huge savings. </p>
<p>Again…the decision to grant an Education Visa is based on the SAVINGs that your family has. Does your family have savings accts that will show that they have enough to pay the COA?</p>
<p>You have to show that you have ALL the money for ALL 4 years for your degree. That means that you’re going to have to show over $200k in savings that will be spent on college. </p>
<p>[Requirements</a> for International Students | UC Berkeley Office of Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://admissions.berkeley.edu/internationalrequirements]Requirements”>Requirements for International Students - Office of Undergraduate Admissions)
From Cal’s website:</p>
<p>Financial Documentation</p>
<p>Before a U.S. consul will grant a visa, you must prove that you will have sufficient money to meet all your expenses while studying in the United States. You must explain the source of your funds and guarantee that you will receive them while at UC Berkeley.</p>
<p>Unless you are able to provide written evidence demonstrating you have adequate financial resources for the entire time needed to complete your degree program, the consul will not grant a student visa.</p>
<p>If your country’s government limits the amount of money that may be sent to its students in the United States, you should make sure that funds will be available.</p>
<p>When you leave your country, you must have enough money to:</p>
<p>pay for traveling expenses to UC Berkeley
pay fees for the entire term
meet living expenses until more money reaches you
pay the return fare to your home
If your country’s government requires verification of enrollment before money can be forwarded to you, you may request the campus International Student Advisor to provide verification after you have completed your UC registration. Some students assume, incorrectly, that additional financial assistance or part-time employment will be available. Each year many students find themselves in serious financial difficulties because they did not arrange for adequate support.</p>
<p>Cal’s COA = $56k
<a href=“http://admissions.berkeley.edu/costofattendance[/url]”>http://admissions.berkeley.edu/costofattendance</a></p>
<p>Are you applying for financial aid? Financial aid is based primarily on income. I don’t know what verification processes there are for foreign students but those schools that do fund a lot of international students do have procedures set up to do so. </p>
<p>In terms of applying to college, there is no figure necessary in terms of income and assets that are absolute cut offs. A lot of schools do not give fiancial aid ot international students so if you need money from the colleges those schools should not be on your list unless they have merit opportunities for you. </p>
<p>There are foreign students with practically no family assets or income who come here and do get the money to make it work directly from the colleges. But that is a very tiny group, and those are the top, most desired students that get such offers. Many schools that guarantee to meet 100% of need (and there are not all that many of such schools) do not extend that policy to non US students, and there are a number of colleges that will take need into consideration when deciding to take you or not. </p>
<p>I do not know whether the UCs are need blind to international students and I do not know if any of them give financial or merit aid to internationals at all. You have to contact the financial aid and admissions office and ask if the websites do not address this. So you have to do with all of the colleges on your list. There is no sense in applying to schools that you can’t afford that have policies in place that absolutely give you no opportunity to get any aid. You have a zero chance of getting money in such cases. </p>
<p>Just my opinion–you better check it out personally–UCs are not likely to meet your need and unless your family has a stash of money to pay for your COA to any of them, I don’t see how you are going to pay for your education there even if you get in. As others have mentioned, in order to get your student visa, you have to show that you have the money to pay for your time here. UCs are not at all generous even to US students. CA residents making under a certain amount get some breaks, but even they struggle to send their kids away to a UC. You are not likely to get any financial breaks there.</p>
<p>The whole of the money ($200k) can’t be in a cash form (in my case).But a/q to accets (not money in bank), this amount can easily be shown.
And I thought UC B is the costliest,while other UC’s especially San Diego are comparatively low priced.</p>
<p>And, lets forget about financial aid by colleges.Can’t we get loan (student loan)…</p>
<p>You really need to study to requirements for getting a US Student Visa. You have to show you have the liquid assets right now to pay for all
4 years (including all living expenses and travel costs) before a visa is issued. </p>
<p>You are not eligible for federal student loans as you are not a US citizen or a green card holder. No US bank is going to give you a private loan without a US based co-signer who will be legally responsible for the debt if you don’t pay.</p>
<p>Realistically the only loans you may get will be the ones (if any) available to you in India.</p>
<p>do liquid assets mean the cash ?</p>