OK,
The First thing you do is call the embassy and schedule an appointment, leave about 6-8 weeks from the time yuo book to the date itself, once that is done you will need to start with the paperwork,
1) apply to TSA on this
website and set up an acoount (free)
2) You need to talk to the school you wish to attend and make sure that you are on their list of students
3) once you have the TSA account you will have to begin a training application, most of this will just be your school you are attending, how long, your name, age, height weight, eye colour, there very big into detail, depending on the course you will be taking you will be catagorized!
4) once your application is accepted and approved they will ask for a fee! i think i paid $100. they will then contact the school to see if you are on their list as a potential student!
5) the school should say yes if you have contacted them and TSA gives the school the go ahead to issue you with an I-20 form, this is probably the most important form as you will have to carry it through your whole stay,
6) when you get your I-20 form in the post (not by e-mail because its an offical document) you will have to go to the Student Exchange Visitor Programes website
here there it will ask you for codes from your I-20 form and another payment, think this one is $130, once that is done, you can print off a receipt of payment or wait for the official document to come in the post, either will do for the interview at the embassy!
7) When you arrive at the embassy you will need the following :
Passport:
1inch by 1 inch passport photograph
forms: DS-156 DS-157 and DS-158 (thats what i needed, you may need others)
I-20 Form
SEVIS Receipt or SEVIS Cert either will do!
Registered Envelope
any document to convince them you will be returning to the UK
and a good lot of patients
Visa arrived to me 1 working day after the interview
**** If i left anything out guys let me know!
Warrior