Kirsten, If you are already present here in the US, high schools accept you without checking your status. i mean you can get enrolled even if you're in a B1/B2 visa or are illegal. They used to have a formal way of enrolling foreign students in high school, just like the I-20 for foreign college students. But they stopped doing that a long time ago. I also tried to come here and join high school right after SLC but there was no way of doing so. However, if you are here on a different visa like a B1/B2, dependent, or any other visa, you can get enrolled in high school. But there is no special visa designed for international students who want to come here and join the high school. Some of my friends who came here with DV and only with SLC education from Nepal directly joined college because in the school transcript it is written High School Result or some thing like this. High school in Nepal is till class 10, however, here, as you know, is till class 12. But with the "high School result" in the transcript, some colleges, although not all, mistankely take that as high school here (class 12 education) and aceept those students. In fact, those students, including my friend, get/got lucky. You can join college or +2 for two years and then apply. you'll have a lot of oppurtunities. Hope this helps. Good Luck! -HF