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August 7, 2024
Welcome to Harvard to any incoming international students, scholars, student interns, and their families!
As a reminder, once you arrive in the U.S. you must register your arrival with the HIO. The HIO is processing all registrations via electronic form. Please do not come to the HIO offices for registration at this time. You may find instructions based on your visa category below:
- Registration instructions for students
- Registration instructions for scholars
- Registration instructions for student interns
After registration is complete, individuals on F-1 and J-1 visas and their dependents with visas sponsored by Harvard can obtain a travel signature on their F-1 Form I-20 or J-1 DS-2019 Form in order to travel internationally during their program.
- You may request a travel signature to be sent via email by completing the Travel Signature Request Form. If you have dependents, you do not need to submit a separate request for their document's signatures; all forms I-20 and DS-2019 will be issued and sent to you automatically.
- Alternatively, you may come to the HIO during our walk in travel signature and document pick up hour, which takes place Monday-Friday from 12pm - 2pm on the 8th floor of the Smith Center to obtain a travel signature.
July 26, 2024
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, ...
July 22, 2024
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.
Personal Stories
It’s fun being among such a large and diverse community of students and scholars. Not only diverse in terms of nationality, but also in terms of interests and fields of study. In my first six months at Harvard, I had both become an intern as an Office of Technology Fellow, and had acted in a Shakespeare play run by the student drama society. Such are the possibilities at this institution.
Seun Araromi - England - Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
One of the best things Harvard brings, in the form of colleagues and faculty, is expanding my thinking and horizons. With each mountain, a new elevation, myriad perspectives, and the knowledge of so many other, even greater mountains exist. For me, it’s a place for high-level, stimulating conversations where questioning the status quo is a daily practice.
Gabriela Rosa - Brazil/Australia - Harvard School of Public Health