It might seem suspicious being on an ED visa and leaving for 2 months as the point of ED Visa is to be in school learning. People abuse these visas frequently and then have troubles down the road. Especially schools that arrange visas when then are online schools. No need to have a in-country visa if it's online. Beware.
yeah. I get that. But when one IO at CW says one thing and a different IO at CW says something else, it's impossible to know what your gonna get when you report. Diversity in local practices between different offices is one thing, diversity in practice between IOs in the same office is impossible
This is troubling. Given the value of this group is unincumbered advise independent from the self-serving agents that look to push people into that direction. The group rules included no mention of agents or agencies.