<p>“I already have a visa.”</p>
<p>What is your specific visa status? Can you study while in that status or do you need to convert to an F-1? If you need an F-1, then you need to show that you can pay for your education (as I wrote above) or you won’t get it.</p>
<p>If you are currently in the US in another status, you need to find out whether the state you are living in will consider you in-state for tuition and fees at public colleges/universities. Each state (and sometimes each institution within a state) sets its own policy about this, so you will need to do some research. For example, it may be easier to be considered in-state at a community college than at a university.</p>