Preparation for Your Stay

Updated on Thursday 18 February 2010

Careful planning is one thing that you will have to do in order to make you time abroad a success. With so much to plan, you need to start early and use a timetable in which to do things. As with your application process to select a school you need to make a list with everything you will need to make your time abroad easier.

Before you leave your country, you will need to plan for the following:

Student Visa
Your student visa is extremely important for your studies in the USA, so please visit our student visa section which will provide you with information on various types of student visa, how to apply for your visa and more..

Health Care
The US health care system is the most advanced, and the most complex in the world - our health care advice center will provide you with information about how to use the system.

Communications
Keeping in touch and staying connected to friends and families around the world is important so that you do not feel cut off - learn about ways you can keep in touch and call people around the world.

Travel Arrangements
You will need to make sure you have some temporary accomodation and plan ahead for when you first get to the USA.