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Applying for OPT is a two-step process. First, you must submit an OPT request to the  ... August 7, 2024Welcome to Harvard: Registration and Travel Signatures 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, 2024Land Border Admission for Canadians 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, ... Personal Stories 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. Liaquat Channa - Pakistan - The Mittal Institute at Harvard Ask questions! I cannot overstate the importance of asking questions. This simple practice will make your life so much better! Also, a question might not only lead you to an answer but to so much more. You might find your best friends, strongest supporters, and wisest mentors at the end of a question. Suneragiri Liyanage - Sri Lanka - Harvard College Statistics   Represented at Harvard this year International population over time International population this year Find Us 1350 Massachusetts Avenue Richard A. and Susan F. 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