ARRIVAL CHECKLIST

CHECKLIST

PRIOR TO ARRIVAL AT ROLLINS:

Check passport expiration date. It should be valid for at least six months after entering the U.S.

Obtain Form I-20 or DS-2019 and apply for F-1 or J-1 student visa.

Rollins College address is 1000 Holt Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32789. Be sure to have that to provide to a driver. Directions are available at rollins.edu/map.

Make and confirm housing arrangements. If living on campus, be sure you receive your housing assignment from the Office of Residential Life & Explorations or Graduate Housing.

Make arrangements for tuition payment—DO NOT CARRY a lot of cash; bring $300-500 in U.S. dollars for immediate use before opening a bank account. You may wish to have lower denomination bills and coins for taxi service.

Make copies of immigration documents; leave one set of copies with your family and pack a set of copies in your luggage.

Pack your passport, original Form I-20 or DS-2019, and a set of financial documents in your carry-on luggage, NOT in your checked luggage.

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UPON ARRIVAL AT ROLLINS:

Students living on campus will receive notification when the orientation schedule with the location for check-in has been released.

If arriving after business hours, please go to Campus Safety to check in, and to receive keys and arrival information packet.

If living in Crummer Graduate Housing, please coordinate arrival and check-in with Renee Quintanilla, Director of Student Success, Crummer Graduate School of Business, rquintanilla@rollins.edu, (407)646-2335.

SETTLING INTO YOUR ROOM:

Buy necessities for residence hall room.

Open bank account with a local bank. Information on this procedure will be provided at Orientation.

Visit the Student Account Services office to check if payments for tuition, housing, insurance, and meal plans have been received or to make arrangements for payment.

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