<p>I am a non-native English speaker who has received two years of his formal education in English. For some reason, I can't give TOEFL. </p>
<p>The colleges I am applying to have agreed on waiving the TOEFL for me and review my application without TOEFL too. Will not taking TOEFL have affect my visa process or will cause problems during my stay in US ( if I am accepted)?
Should I take TOEFL, whenever I could, just to be on the safer side?</p>
<p>Not at all. Your visa application depends on your college acceptance and probably on your ability to pay for college during your stay in the US.
But you must be careful. Some organizations are not real colleges, especially the ones that don’t require TOEFL. Most decent colleges require TOEFL if you don’t take SAT. These money making organizations don’t give any good education. They just want your money.</p>
<p>Yeah! I have given SAT. Situations have turned out such that I can’t give TOEFL. I qualify for the TOEFL waiver of most LACs (by scoring above a certain score in CR). I am not concerned on the college side of process but on the embassy side. I wonder if they would like to see a TOEFL score after a 700 CR.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about TOEFL. 700 CR on SAT is wonderful for a foreigner. Again the US Embassy has no reason to question why you don’t take TOEFL. They only need the form (probably I-20) from the school that accepts you.</p>
<p>Coolweather, Thank you for the confirmation.
I got to know the same, that lack of TOEFL isn’t a hindrance with my SAT CR, by interacting with international students who are already in the college. For some reason, I rarely find an international student who isn’t taking TOEFL. So, I created this thread with my doubt out of fear of being at disadvantage without TOEFL.</p>
<p>Hello @Specific. A consular officer that reviews your application for a student visa at the US embassy/consulate will need to be convinced that you’re a serious student first & foremost–and your English ability should show through in the interview itself, and the admissions you hopefully received from different US institutions.
Good luck!</p>
<p>FYI, the embassy does ask for a proof of your english proficiency. However, in my case, they did not really looked at it, only asked a couple of questions.</p>
<p>Would the SAT results work okay for the English proficiency proof?</p>
<p>Directly from the DoS website: (emphasis mine)</p>
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<p>If your college did not require TOEFL scores, you should be fine without. The consular officer can test your English proficiency on the spot if they are concerned.</p>
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