<p>I have a friend, who is an international graduate student. There is a good chance he is will not be able to afford the tuition and fees. </p>
<p>What will happen if he does not pay tuition? What are the consequences? </p>
<p>Will he be barred from studying at a another school in the future?</p>
<p>Most schools will drop him from the rolls. For some schools, that would happen in the first few weeks of school. Other schools would let him complete the semester, but he would not be allowed to register for the next semester until he pays up. In both cases, his transcript of classes would be inaccessible until he pays his debt–making it near impossible to transfer to any decent college. </p>
<p>He would basically be unable to send his transcript to any other college until he pays up. There are some community colleges that don’t ask for prior transcripts. However, I can’t think of a graduate college that does not require transcripts from ALL prior attended colleges, so he’d be stuck there. Trying to pretend he never attended the first college can have bad consequences if discovered–revoked admission at the new college, etc.</p>
<p>Does he have a visa to be here? How did he get it without showing he had all his funds for college.</p>
<p>Have his classes started and he owes money? What happened to the funds that he intended to use for tuition?</p>
<p>I don’t know if his visa will be revoked once he’s no longer in school.</p>
<p>Since it is essentially the beginning of the school year, if he does not pay tuition the classes will be dropped and the student will no longer be enrolled in school. The college will report that the student is not in attendance. The student will be considered out of status and can lose their visa if they are out of school. </p>
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<p>Are you “the friend”?</p>