<p>I have applied to Cleveland state university and got a conditional admission to the Fenn college of Engineering.
the reason I got conditional admission is because I didn't meet the English requirement at CSU <em>TOEFL</em> (P.S: I have never took the TOEFL exam).</p>
<p>I didn't took the TOEFL because the IELP program at CSU will help me build my vocabularies in the engineering field before I start my classes.</p>
<p>I got a letter of admission from CSU which explains that I will be a full time student at Fenn college of engineering once I complete the English courses successfully.</p>
<p>my uncle who lives in Cleveland and who's a US citizen sent me a financial statement which shows a bank account with 45,000 $ (I got the last 6 months transactions too).</p>
<p>the I-20 shows the following expenses :</p>
<p>Tuition: 13,000 $
room and board: 12,000 $
Misc and books: 6,000 $</p>
<p>my uncle has also sent me a letter of support and he explains that he will provide free housing and tuition assistance until I graduate with a bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering. So basically I will only be responsible for the tuition.</p>
<p>My father is an Electrical engineer and I have certified documents showing and proving that his annual income is 36,000 $ ,but I don't have bank statement as well. I will be the only person who will run my father business after graduation because I am the only son to my dad, My older sister is studying Medicine.</p>
<p>I was born in Syria and lived in it for 19 years , my family lives here (is that enough for ties to my home country??)</p>
<p>my I-20 shows that my major is "Second Language Training". do you think that will be a negative factor in my application??</p>
That would depend on the policies of the embassy in Syria and the mood of your interviewer. If they want to give you a hard time, they can. Most immigrants have grown up in their home country and have family in their home country, so those things are not sufficient to establish that you intend to return to your home country. </p>
<p>In addition, you already have family in the US - family that you are close enough to that they have offered to let you live at their place for 4+ years and who trust you enough to give you their financial information. </p>
<p>You are not alone in this predicament. Young people don’t actually have many ties to their home country. If you wanted to emigrate to another country, now would be the easiest time in your life to do it. American embassies seem to have their own internal policies for how they handle these situations. For example, embassies in Western Europe rarely reject a student visa on the basis of missing ties, but embassies in India do it all the time (except for students attending top universities). Overall, one third of non-immigrant visa applications get rejected because the applicant cannot convince their interviewer that they intend to return to their home country.</p>
Nope, quite to the contrary, it may actually help you. Someone who comes to the US to learn English is much more likely to return back home than someone who comes to the US to get a college degree.</p>
<p>Maybe I misunderstood. I thought that your I-20 was only issued for the 3-month ESL program for now, but you are saying that it actually says that you intend to finish a whole Bachelor’s degree? Then scratch my last comment.</p>
<p>Either way, the consulate won’t care whether you start your college degree with ESL classes or not. Their concern is whether you intend to leave the US upon completion of your studies and if there’s evidence that you intend to engage in illegal activities while you are there.</p>
<p>here’s the story:
I got a conditional admission from Cleveland State University.
this kind of admission is like this, you get an I-20 which shows that the major is “Second Language Training” and you get a separate letter from the university called “Letter of Admission” and this letter explains that you will be a full-time student once you finish the English courses successfully.</p>