Are degrees obtained at colleges outside of the US accepted if somebody then becomes a citizen afterwards?

Question

I have a friend in Colombia who is nearing the completion of her college degree there in Marketing. If she later decides to become a US citizen, will companies here generally still recognize her degree from the college even though it is located outside of the US?

Answer 1

Becoming  citizen of the United States takes between 3 (if married to a USC) and 5 years after a person as been granted a permanent residency.

Her main concern should be on how she will enter the States, under which visa.

In regards to her degree, most employers in the United States will not recognize a degree from another country, mainly because they will not understand the meaning of it nor know the school from which she graduated. However, weather or not she will get a job with her degree is not for me or anyone else to say - it depends on the employer and the nature of the degree.

Answer 2

Just residing in the US doesn't make her a citizen.  She would have to have been born to a US citizen or born in the US or naturalized.

Now, to deal with the degrees question, she would likely need to have her degree evaluated in the US.  I've included the link to a local community college that has students having their transcripts evaluated all the time.  Otherwise, there is a very good chance her non-US degree will be acceptable; it will just need explaining.  She wouldn't even have to become a US citizen; she'd just need permission to work in the US.