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[quote=Anonymous]In addition to what other posters have said, even if you are comfortable with her working for you "under the table" - you should understand what she means when she says "sponsor" her.  (And then it is not so "under the table," because your name is out there with immigration as connected to her presence in the U.S., though it is illegal for you to employ her.)

To elaborate:  The easiest way for her to stay here legally is on a student visa.  To get the student visa, she needs the school to certify certain things to USCIS.  The hardest of these is that she has a "sponsor" - someone who takes full financial responsibility for her tuition and living expenses.  The school will require you to fill out an affidavit and provide proof that you have somewhere in the realm of $30,000 in liquid assets (you can check the school websites for the forms to see how much each school requires; I advise checking community college foreign student website sections in your area to get an idea), and that you guarantee that if the student skips out on her tuition, you will cover it.  Our AP was interested in us doing this for her, and while we would not have felt comfortable employing her illegally in the first place, we also did not feel comfortable guaranteeing her financially.  But we got very familiar with the process, since we helped her with all her paperwork and looked into some of the immigration issues with her.[/quote]

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