Advice for US Online / On-campus DBA Program

[SteveFoerster]

Hi Asghar,

Getting a US student visa as a Pakistani is very difficult right now because of political reasons.

If you're really keen to study in person in an English-speaking country, you should also consider universities in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

And even if you're approved for one, if your goal is to stay abroad long term to work afterwards, then other countries make that much easier for international students than the US does—and that was true even before this administration.

Hello Steve,

Thanks for the information. Your response is helpful. You're right. Things are politically tense. It is so bad that I cannot access the US department of education from here in Pakistan. I have to use a VPN to access the Department of Education and check the accredition status of various US universities.

Unfortunately, I got scammed by some "foreign study consultants" who promised me admission into a public Canadian University and they got me admitted through agents into Private University Canada West (Affordable Fees). My Canada student visa got refused. Later, I actually got admitted for an on-campus MBA at Delta State University, USA. Their tuition fees were among the most affordable. However, my student visa got refused. This was back in 2023. Then I enrolled in UoPeople. Later I applied for Job seeker visa in Dubai and that got rejected. I only have 1 foreign country visa travel approval when I went to Dubai in 2023 for Business Purposes. Now, I'm scared to even apply for a Visa anywhere.

Thank you.

I'm sorry to hear that! There are some pretty knowledgeable people around here. If you start wondering about a school, just post it here and ask and we'll let you know if it's okay.