Scam University Found: US State Department Warns Foreign Student to be Careful Choosing US Schools

Mona Shah & Associates Global Blog

Scam University Found: US State Department Warns Foreign Student to be Careful Choosing US Schools

November 9, 2011
Washington, DC
 
US State Department at its Oct. 26 daily briefing in Washington, D.C. acknowledged the recent fake university petitioned visas for students and it turned out those schools are not even real educational institution. Tri Valley University in California is an example of such scam.
The founder of the school SU, Xiaoping misrepresented Tri Valley University to potential students, leading them to believe that physical classes were offered, instead of a curriculum of all online classes, which is prohibited for international students.
Tri Valley University enrolled 1,500 students mostly from India. Several TVU students previously enrolled in the sham school were fitted with ankle monitors which allowed them to travel within a 50-mile radius of Tri Valley University. Many of the students have received Notices of Intent to Deny their applications for reinstatement of designation as international students, and thus face imminent deportation as they fall out of legal immigration status.
Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) continued to list the sham Tri Valley University on its Web site of approved schools for several months after the university was raided and shut down. TVU did not lose its status immediately after the raids and closure and that ICE listed the school as an approved institution until criminal charges were filed in April against the founder Susan Xiao-Ping Su, and four other individuals.
These students were then blocked by Susan Su from transferring to a new school. When these students contacted immigration officials they were told that the school was on the approved list and that they should go back to Su to inquire about any concerns, stated Peddibhotla, an immigration attorney who helped some Tri Valley students reinstate their status, adding that no clear criteria has been established about which students will be reinstated and which will be denied.
Yi Song, Esq.

CONTACT US FOR A CONSULTATION

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR BLOG