Touring | International Student Companies

Baggage Limitations

Check together with your journey agent or the airline that issued your ticket for particulars on what number of baggage you’ll be able to verify in and what number of you might be allowed to hold on with you. There are additionally strict weight limitations on some worldwide flights.

Arrival at U.S. Port of Entry

You will undergo an immigration verify and customs clearance on the port of entry into the U.S. Plan on a delay of no less than one or two hours for this course of, particularly if in case you have a connecting flight to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Even if the method appears lengthy and tiring, you will need to stay pleasant, well mannered, and fully trustworthy. Your fingerprints and {photograph} can even be taken presently.

Documents to be Submitted and Retained

At the immigration checkpoint you should submit the next paperwork:

• Passport legitimate for no less than six months from the date of entry
• Valid Visa
• Valid I-20 type

When leaving the immigration verify station, ensure you have the next in your possession:

• Passport with U.S. visa
  • Visa stamp must say “F1” and “D/S”
• I-20 type
• Any extra letters of paperwork referring to monetary help, scholarships, prescription drugs, and so forth., introduced to the officers. (You could need to have additional copies in case the officers have to maintain the copy you current.)

Student Visit Program – U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Custom Declaration

At the customs clearance level you can be requested to declare the sum of money and worth of things that you’re bringing into the nation. You will obtain a declaration type earlier than the airplane lands. It is most essential to be truthful in your declarations. You ought to verify with the closest U.S. embassy or consulate for present info regarding customs laws.

Illegal Items

Certain gadgets are prohibited or restricted. Information itemizing such gadgets is accessible from the U.S. embassy of consulate.

Restricted/Prohibited Goods

Transportation Within the U.S.

If your journey plans require you to have a layover at a port of entry metropolis reminiscent of New York or Los Angeles, please watch out. While most Americans will probably be useful and trustworthy, there’s risk of a dishonest individual making an attempt to reap the benefits of you being a stranger within the metropolis. If you intend to remain in a single day within the metropolis, ask about shuttle service from the airport to the lodge if you make your reservation. Free transportation from the airport to the lodge could also be offered by the lodge. If it is advisable to use a taxicab, use solely these clearly marked as a taxi with a correctly recognized driver. Be positive you understand the price of the journey earlier than you get into the taxi.

Transportation to SAU

You ought to plan to reach on the Texarkana Regional Airport (TXK) in Texarkana, Arkansas or in El Dorado Regional Airport (ELD).  These airports connects with Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.  This is the ONLY airport we choose up college students from and we can not present transportation from different cities.  There is not any public transportation between Texarkana and Magnolia, and Magnolia doesn’t have a public transportation system as effectively.

Please full the Transportation Request type as quickly as you make your journey plans.  We could have somebody meet you on the airport and convey you to our campus in Magnolia, Arkansas.