Education Held For Ransom

[Parent1]

Daughter is an F1 student at a Virginia university where she was charged in-state tuition. Everything was paid on time. They then contacted her in November to say they made a mistake and wanted out of state tuition for the semester she was then in and due to complete in less than one month and the previous semester. We contacted them and said that we had paid what was billed. They said too bad pay up. We came up with the extra money ($12,000 +)and paid it. They have now gone back two more semesters and say that we have to pay this extra money ($8,000+) as well. They have allocated our previous payment to the previous semesters which makes her current semester and last semester not paid for. She has only 2 classes this last semester and then she has her BA. A little background ...We have all lived in Virginia since 1995 on E2 visas, worked and paid income tax, own cars (she owns a car has her own insurance) and have a family house. The E2 visa did no allow daugher to work and at the age of 22 now she has never worked. She had to get an F1 visa in fall 2006 because she turned 21 and could no longer stay on our visa. Parents (us) are in process to get our green cards, but can do nothing for her at this time. Can the University go back like that and back charge? We do not have the extra money! If we do not pay, she looses everything she has worked hard (mostly A's a few B's) for these past years. We feel like her education is being held ransom!

 

[irish223]

They can if the circumstances of her residency changed in fall 2006. I don't know anything visas though. You might want to repost your question under immigration law. I'll bet mafioso (one of the posters on this forum) can answer your question the next time he logs on here.