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For LAND BORDER Admissions, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) issues a Form I-94 only upon payment of a fee:
"Nonimmigrants intending to enter the United States at land point of entries (POEs) have the option either to pay the required fee at the border during processing or pay the required fee online or via the CBP OneTM mobile application up to seven days in advance of arrival. At this time, CBP is not changing the procedures regarding the payment of the Form I-94 fee. Accordingly, ...
We encourage all incoming Harvard international students and scholars to attend the HIO “Getting Started – Part 1” Orientation on Zoom. We will cover a wide range of topics to help you prepare for your program at Harvard. We also offer a monthly Zoom orientation for spouses and partners. Advance registration is not required; you can find the schedule for all orientations and the Zoom meeting link here.
Are you a Harvard international student or scholar staying in the Boston area this summer? Check out the Outings & Innings website to find reduced-price tickets available to the Harvard community for local museums, movies, plays, sports, concerts, and other family-friendly events. (Harvard Key login is required.) We wish you a great summer!
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The professors that I was fortunate to learn from this semester were all prominent scholars in the field and some of the humblest people I have ever met in my life. Interacting with them in class, office hours, and through emails taught me so much about impactful leadership and mentorship.
Being an international scholar may also be an amenity in the sense that you are given a chance to live, learn, bloom, grow, share, and contribute all the unique lived experience that only you possess and collect over a passage of time. You live with you. You get an amazing opportunity to know you. I think being away from home is enriching.