You may connect with an HIO Advisor through daily virtual advisor on call sessions, office hours with your HIO advisor, or by making an appointment. Please contact your HIO advisor directly for more information, or email internationaloffice@harvard.edu.

Daily, Virtual Drop-in Hours with the HIO:

An HIO Advisor-on-Call will be available via Zoom during the following dates/times:
• Monday – Friday from 9:00 am – 10:00am
• Monday – Friday from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Please note that this session will end on September 30, 2025; the 9:00 am – 10:00 am and 4:00 – 5:00 pm hours will continue, though.
• Monday – Friday from 4:00 pm – 5:00pm

Please note that all times are Eastern Time, and exclude holidays. This service is offered via Zoom on a first-come, first-serve basis, and is intended for multiple international students and scholars with quick questions about standard advising topics, including travel, OPT, STEM OPT, Social Security Numbers, etc. To access the Advisor-on-Call waiting room during these times, please use the meeting link below:

Meeting Link

School Specific Office Hours:

Some HIO advisors hold drop in office hours during the academic year for their advising populations. If your HIO advisor does not have office hours posted below, you may use the HIO general office hours above, contact your HIO advisor directly via email, or book an appointment.

Harvard Kennedy School

HIO Advisor for HKS, Leah Boccaccio, will hold in-person office hours for HKS students and scholars every Thursday from 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM in the Wexner (Sunshine) Lobby during the Fall 2025 semester beginning on September 11, 2025 and ending on December 18, 2025.

Office hours are canceled on the following days:

• Thursday, November 27 for the Thanksgiving holiday

Harvard Business School

Please find upcoming events and drop-in hours listed here: MBA Upcoming Events

Harvard Law School

Peter O’Meara, HIO Advisor for HLS, will hold in-person office hours for HLS students and scholars during the Fall 2025 semester every Thursday from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm on a first-come, first-served basis, no appointment necessary.

Note that Peter will be in Hauser 103 on September 4, 11, and 18. For the remainder of the semester, office hours will be in WCC 5046.

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Fall 2025 Office Hours with Elizabeth Capuano will resume on Monday, September 8, 2025 and will continue through Thursday, December 18, 2025. 

Monday, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Meeting Link
Password: 592974

Please note the following cancellations:
• Monday, September 8 – In lieu of Zoom Office Hours, a session on Post-Completion OPT will be held for students completing their programs on December 19, 2025.
• Monday, September 15
• Thursday, October 9 – Tuesday, October 21
• Tuesday, November 11 – Veterans Day
• Thursday, November 27

Harvard College

Fall 2025 HIO “Pop-up” Events
Tuesday 9/9/2025: Annenberg breakfast, 7:30AM-10:30AM
Monday 9/15/2025: Currier Lunch, 11:30-2PM
Tuesday 9/16/2025: Leverett Lunch, 11:30-2PM
Wednesday 9/17/2025: Annenberg breakfast, 7:30AM-10:30AM
Tuesday 9/23/2025: Quincy Breakfast, 7:30AM-10:30AM

Monday 11/17/2025: Kirkland Lunch, 11:30-2PM
Tuesday 11/18/2025: Annenberg Breakfast, 7:30AM-10:30AM
Wednesday 11/19/2025: Annenberg Lunch, 11:30-2PM

Monday 12/1/2025 Annenberg Lunch, 11:30-2PM
Wednesday 12/3/2025 Annenberg breakfast, 7:30AM-10:30AM
 

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Office hours with Ashlee Anton will run every Monday from 12:00pm - 1:00pm EST beginning Monday, September 8, 2025 through Monday, May 18, 2026.

Meeting Link
Password: 861654

Please note the following cancellations:
Monday, September 15, 2025 (In lieu of office hours, Ashlee will be in person at the Gutman Lobby to do travel signatures)
Monday, September 29, 2025
Monday, October 13, 2025
Monday, December 22, 2025
Monday, December 29, 2025
Monday, January 5, 2026
Monday, January 19, 2026 (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day)
Monday, February 16, 2026 (Presidents Day)
 

Harvard Divinity School

HIO Advisor for HDS, Hannah Klare, will hold in-person office hours for HDS students and scholars at G40 in Swartz Hall  from 12:30pm to 2:30pm on the listed dates below on a first-come, first-served basis, no appointment necessary.

Thursday, 10/02/2025
Thursday, 11/06/2025
Thursday, 12/04/2025