University Guides
F-1 Visa Guides by University
Select your university below for a detailed F-1 student visa preparation guide, including document checklists, SEVIS information, and interview tips.
In-depth guides for major host universities
These universities host the largest international-student populations in the US. Detailed guides cover I-20 procedures, financial documentation, arrival tips, and common visa challenges.
Arizona State UniversityAuburn UniversityBoston UniversityCarnegie Mellon UniversityColumbia UniversityCornell UniversityDuke UniversityFlorida State UniversityGeorge Mason UniversityGeorgia Institute of TechnologyHarvard UniversityIndiana University BloomingtonIowa State UniversityMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyMichigan State UniversityNew York UniversityNortheastern UniversityNorthwestern UniversityOhio State UniversityPennsylvania State UniversityPurdue UniversityRutgers University New BrunswickStanford UniversityStony Brook UniversityTexas A&M UniversityUniversity of ArizonaUniversity of California BerkeleyUniversity of California DavisUniversity of California IrvineUniversity of California Los AngelesUniversity of California San DiegoUniversity of Central FloridaUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of Colorado BoulderUniversity of FloridaUniversity of HoustonUniversity of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of MarylandUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstUniversity of MiamiUniversity of MichiganUniversity of MinnesotaUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of PittsburghUniversity of South FloridaUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of Texas at AustinUniversity of Texas at DallasUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of Wisconsin MadisonYale University
Browse university guides by state
AL
AZ
CA
California Polytechnic State University(San Luis Obispo)California State Polytechnic University Pomona(Pomona)California State University Chico(Chico)California State University East Bay(Hayward)California State University Fullerton(Fullerton)California State University Long Beach(Long Beach)California State University Northridge(Northridge)California State University Sacramento(Sacramento)Chapman University(Orange)City College of San Francisco(San Francisco)De Anza College(Cupertino)Diablo Valley College(Pleasant Hill)Irvine Valley College(Irvine)Pasadena City College(Pasadena)Pepperdine University(Malibu)San Diego State University(San Diego)San Francisco State University(San Francisco)San Jose State University(San Jose)Santa Barbara City College(Santa Barbara)Santa Clara University(Santa Clara)Santa Monica College(Santa Monica)Stanford University(Stanford)University of California Berkeley(Berkeley)University of California Davis(Davis)University of California Irvine(Irvine)University of California Los Angeles(Los Angeles)University of California Merced(Merced)University of California Riverside(Riverside)University of California San Diego(La Jolla)University of California San Francisco(San Francisco)University of California Santa Barbara(Santa Barbara)University of California Santa Cruz(Santa Cruz)University of San Francisco(San Francisco)University of Southern California(Los Angeles)University of the Pacific(Stockton)
CO
DC
FL
IL
IN
LA
MA
MD
MI
Eastern Michigan University(Ypsilanti)Grand Valley State University(Allendale)Michigan State University(East Lansing)Oakland Community College(Bloomfield Hills)University of Michigan(Ann Arbor)University of Michigan Dearborn(Dearborn)University of Michigan Flint(Flint)Washtenaw Community College(Ann Arbor)Wayne State University(Detroit)Western Michigan University(Kalamazoo)
MO
NC
NE
NY
City College of New York(New York)Columbia University(New York)Cornell University(Ithaca)CUNY City College(New York)Kingsborough Community College(Brooklyn)New York University(New York)Stony Brook University(Stony Brook)SUNY Albany(Albany)SUNY Binghamton(Vestal)SUNY Buffalo(Buffalo)SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry(Syracuse)
OH
Bowling Green State University(Bowling Green)Cleveland State University(Cleveland)Cuyahoga Community College(Cleveland)Kent State University(Kent)Miami University Oxford(Oxford)Ohio State University(Columbus)Ohio University(Athens)University of Akron(Akron)University of Cincinnati(Cincinnati)University of Dayton(Dayton)
OR
PA
TX
Austin Community College(Austin)Houston Community College(Houston)Lone Star College(The Woodlands)Rice University(Houston)Southern Methodist University(Dallas)Texas A&M University(College Station)Texas State University(San Marcos)Texas Tech University(Lubbock)University of Houston(Houston)University of North Texas(Denton)University of Texas at Arlington(Arlington)University of Texas at Austin(Austin)University of Texas at Dallas(Richardson)University of Texas at El Paso(El Paso)University of Texas at San Antonio(San Antonio)University of Texas at Tyler(Tyler)University of Texas Permian Basin(Odessa)University of Texas Rio Grande Valley(Edinburg)