UMKC - International Student Affairs
PREPARING TO COME TO UMKC
ARRIVAL INFORMATION FOR NEWLY ADMITTED STUDENTS

 If you have not yet been admitted, please see the information for prospective students.

  • ISAO offers US Arrival Pick-Up and Temporary Housing services.
      This service allows you also to arrange for free transportation from the Kansas City Airport,
            or from the bus or train station where you arrive in Kansas City,
      and for volunteer assistance with temporary housing upon your arrival in Kansas City.
Attention NEW STUDENTS:
PRE-departure Orientations may now be planned for YOUR Country
See the Listing below.
    When can you travel to Kansas City?

  • You MUST arrive in Kansas City no later than the Reporting Date
    that is noted on your I-20 or DS-2019 as the start date of your study.
    Generally, the required Orientation program starts the day after the Reporting Date.

  • You CANNOT arrive in the U.S.A. more than 30 days before the Reporting date.
 Typical Reporting Dates (but check: the date on your I-20 or DS-2019 may be different!)
  • Summer 2011: Tuesday, May 31, 2011
  • Fall 2011: Monday, August 15, 2011 (Mandatory Orientation: Tuesday, August 16)
  • Spring 2012: Monday, January 2, 2012 (Mandatory Orientation: Tuesday, January 3)

 Make contact with your international student association at UMKC.

 Check out some of our new downloads:

 PRE-DEPARTURE ORIENTATIONS

When dates and places for information meetings for admitted students for upcoming semesters are announced, the specific information will be posted here.