Consular Affairs: Letters, Recommendations and Equivalencies

Letters and Recommendations

For further information, Please contact directly Mrs. Ragheda Abdel-Nour by Phone: (202) 939-6314 or E-Mail: RAbdel-Nour@lebanonembassyus.org

No Objection Letter: Change of Student's Legal Status

A letter from the institution from which you have graduated in Lebanon, stating that you are under no financial obligation to that institution.
Case file number, issued by the US Department of State/ Visa Services after completeing the data sheet available via the Internet at: http://www.travel.state.gov
A copy of your passport, Visa and I-94 .
A notarized statement from you stating that you are under no financial obligation to any private or public institution in Lebanon.
Exact date of arrival on the J-1 visa (and port of entry). Your address of residence while in the U.S.A. If there have been any changes in address, please list them all.
Statement from you explaining whether your education in the U.S.A. is governmentally or privately financed.
A letter from the Hariri Foundation in Washington DC., stating that you are under no financial or contractual obligation to them.
$15.00 Money Order payable to the Embassy of Lebanon.
2 self-addressed stamped envelopes: one for the USIA and one addressed to you.

** These requirements are requested by the Department of State to approve the change of students' legal status, regardless of the source that financed their degree.

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Recommendation Letter

Note: The recommendation letter can be granted for Lebanese citizens to request a visa from other embassies

A letter from the applicant stating the purpose, destination, and date of trip
A valid Lebanese passport
Money order in the amount of $15.00 payable to the Embassy of Lebanon

Letter of Equivalence

To obtain a letter from the embassy stating the equivalence of the Baccalaureate Part I and Part II to first year of college in the U.S.A (Freshman), please provide the embassy with the following:

$15.00 money order payable to the Embassy of Lebanon
Self-addressed stamped envelope

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Educational Center for Foreign Medical Graduates (E.C.F.M.G)

The necessary papers required to obtain a letter from this Embassy for an extension of stay in the United States ( J-1 visa).

A notarized statement from you confirming to the Embassy that you intend to return to Lebanon upon completion of training in the United States, (you must indicate your field of specialization).
A copy of the first 3 pages of your passport, a copy of your I-94 and the visa.
Letter from the Institution stating that you are enrolled in a training program or a copy of the acceptance letter in the program.
$15.00 money order payable to the Embassy of Lebanon.
Self-addressed stamped envelope.