Spring 2006 Middle East Fair

Country and educational briefing done by AMIDEAST Jordan Country Director, Michael Clark and Educational Advisor Zohre Allawzi.

Group visited Petra for the day.

Fair was held in the Sheraton Ballroom

Attendance at Amman fair

1100 students attended the fair
40% Undergraduate
60% Graduate

85% of the students were Jordanian
15% of the students were expats. (Most of the expats were Iraqi, and Palestinian, several Iraqi students drove from Iraq to come to the fair)

Country and Educational briefing done by Ms. Susan Daniel, Educational Advisor, AMIDEAST

Deputy Chief of Mission Christopher W. Murray cut ribbon to open fair in Beirut.

Group visited Byblos

The fair was held in the Movenpick ballroom.

Attendance at Beirut fair

1340 students attended the fair
50% Undergraduate
50% Graduate

90% of the students were Lebanese
10% of the students were expats. (Most of the expats were Palestinian)

Country and educational briefing done by Former educational advisor Mr. Hilal O. Al-Siyabi

In Mr. Al-Siyabi presentation he showed a graphic that explained 98% of all Omani applicants that applied for an F1 visa received the visa, he mentioned that the 2% denial rate was because the applicants did not have the appropriate financial guarantee.

Mr. Derek Hoffman Assistant Public Affairs Office at the US Embassy Muscat attended the briefing and fair.

Ms. Mia N. Miller, Vice Consul at US Embassy gave the visa briefing.

The fair was held in the Grand Hyatt ballroom.

Attendance at Muscat fair

1100 students attended the fair
50% Undergraduate
50% Graduate 50% of the students were Omani
50% of the students were expats. (Most of the expats were Indian.)

Country and educational briefing done by the Educational Advisor, US Embassy

Visa Briefing by Public Affairs Officer, US Embassy

PAO explained that most Bahraini visas are processed in 24 hours as long as the students name is not on a watch list and everything else on the application is in order.

The US Embassy set up a table at the fair to answer student's visa questions.

The fair was held in the Sheraton ballroom.

Attendance at Manama fair

1100 students attended the fair
75% Undergraduate
25% Graduate 60% of the students were Bahraini
40% of the students were expats. (Most of the expats were Indian and Saudi, the Saudi students drove from Dhahran, which is about 30 minutes away)

Country and educational briefing done by Educational Advisor, US Embassy Abu Dhabi

The group had lunch and a reverse fair at the US Embassy in Abu Dhabi. The guest included different UAE scholarship programs. For more details and a list of participants, please email Lina El-Labban directly.

US Embassy Visa Officer gave the visa briefing at the US Embassy after the lunch The fair was opened by US Ambassador Michele Sison

The fair was held in the Hilton Ballroom.

Attendance at Abu Dhabi fair

500 students attended the fair
65% Undergraduate
35% Graduate 20% of the students were UAE Nationals
80% of the students were expats. (Most of the expats were Indian and Saudi)

The fair in Jeddah was postponed, so we did school visits.

Had an mini agent fair at the Marriott.

Educational and country briefing done by Public Affairs Officer, US Consulate, Jeddah

GENERAL QUALIFCATIONS FOR SAUDI SCHOLARSHIP

The Ministry of Higher Education announced availability of scholarships to good American universities for undergrad and graduate studies.

The students must have a minimum of a 2.75 GPA out of 4.00

General terms for scholarship

• Must be a Saudi citizen
• Must not be an employee in any private or government sector
• Must be full-time study program
• Must receive the proper visa from the US Embassy to study in any MOHE recommended university
• Must have copy of last degree
• Copy of good behavior report from High school

• College of Business Administration, Womens
• College of Business Administration, Mens
• Dar Al-Hekma College
• Effat College
• British International School of Jeddah
• American International School of Jeddah
• Dar Al Fikr School