{"id":21,"date":"2016-06-08T13:36:51","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T18:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/international-student-immigration\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2017-08-09T14:14:47","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T19:14:47","slug":"entering-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/international-student-immigration\/entering-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Entering the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p>Remember to carry the following original documents with you when you travel. It is strongly recommended to leave\u00a0<u>copies<\/u>\u00a0of these documents with family in case something happens to the originals.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Passport valid at least 6 months with your F-1 visa stamp<\/li>\n<li>I-20\/DS-2019 (make sure you have signed it)<\/li>\n<li>Admissions and Financial Aid award letters<\/li>\n<li>Proof of SEVIS fee payment<\/li>\n<li>Credit card or other Financial information from your home bank<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An F-1 student visa is not a guarantee of entry into the US. The bearer of a visa is subject to inspection at the port of entry (POE) by US Immigration officials, who have authority to deny admission. US Customs may ask you a range of questions about your intentions in the US, your political preferences, family members, etc. When\/if they do please be polite, truthful, and answer only the question that is asked of you. There is a chance that they might ask you to wait in secondary inspection, ask to view your cellphone\/computer, and ask you additional questions about your plans at St. Olaf. Don&#8217;t worry; simply be patient as they often let students enter once they have looked into your SEVIS record a little.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember to carry the following original documents with you when you travel. It is strongly recommended to leave\u00a0copies\u00a0of these documents with family in case something happens to the originals. Passport [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/international-student-immigration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/international-student-immigration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/international-student-immigration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/international-student-immigration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/international-student-immigration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/international-student-immigration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/international-student-immigration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions\/234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/international-student-immigration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}