- Accept your offer to study at a Foreign University.
- Apply for a passport, or check that your current passport will be valid for at least six months beyond your return date.
- Apply for immigration documents
- Book airline tickets.
- Buy travel and health insurance
- Arrange accommodation at the university
- Arrange transportation to/from the airport at home and abroad.
- Arrange your banking consider buying travellers cheques for large denominations, as well as carrying a smaller amount of cash.
- Check baggage and customs limitations.
- Clear all paperwork with your home educational institution.
- Ensure all of your documents are in order and make photocopies to pack in your baggage, to leave at home, and to send to your email address (see Section 3.2). These documents include:
- Passport
- Airline tickets
- Travel insurance certificate
- Letter of acceptance for an educational institution
- Key addresses and phone numbers
- A bank statement showing proof of funds
- Letter of introduction from the Embassy immigration, if applicable
- Prescriptions for any medication you are carrying
- Travellers cheques, if applicable
- Medical and immunization records
- Academic history and university transcripts