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
• Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm 
• 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, holds in-person office hours for HKS students and scholars every Thursday during the Spring 2025 semester from 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM.

Please stop by the Sunshine (Wexner) Lobby on the following dates.  No appointment needed; students/scholars are helped on a first come, first served basis.

• May 8, 2025
• May 15, 2025
• May 22, 2025

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 Spring 2025 semester every Tuesday from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm in WCC 5046, first-come, first-served, no appointment necessary.

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Spring 2025 Office Hours with Elizabeth Capuano will resume on Monday, February 3, 2025 and will continue through Monday, May 26, 2025.

Mondays from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Meeting Link
Password: 592974

Please note the following cancellations:
• Monday,  March 10
• Monday, March 24

Admitted Student Office Hours

April 9 and April 23 (Wednesdays), from 9:30 am to 10:30 am, Boston time.

Meeting Link
Password: 071149