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This is the voa special english education report.

We continue our series of reports about how foreign students can attend a college or university in the United States. Our subjects this week is government rules and requirements for entering United States to study. Every foreign student who has been accepted to study in this country must have a legal doucument called a visa from the United States' government. A visa permits a foreign citizen to travel to the United States and request permission to enter the country.

The rules for getting a visa can be found on the State Department Web Site. The address is UnitedSatesversas.gov. Unitedstatesversas is all one word. Another state department website for students from other countries is educationusa.gov. If you are requesting a visa for the first time, you may have to appeal at the American embassy in your country to talk to an offical.

Each student should communicat with the embassy to find out if such an interview is needed and when it can take place. It is important to apply for the visa early. State Department officals say national security is the most important issue in deciding if a person will be permitted to enter the United States. Officials must find out if a student is on any list of people with possible links to terrorists. Embassy can not issue a visa more than 90 days before the start of educational program in the United Sates. If you are a student studing in the United States for the first time, you are not to be permitted to enter the country more than 30 days before the start of your classes. Foreign students excepted add the American school will receive a document called a certificate of allegibility.

The state department says each student must enter the country using the certifcate provided by the school he or she will be attending. It is a violation of the law to enter the country on one school certificate but attend another school. You are permitted to stay in the United States on a student visa for the links of period of sutdy. That means you can stay as long as you are a full-time student. Your college or university will provide the government with reports about your education as long as you continue to study there. We will have more information about that next week.