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Pre-Arrival
Information
Financial Information
A
detailed list of international student costs was sent to you
with your application materials. These costs are minimum
estimates and vary from year to year.
Charges for tuition, fees, books and health insurance
(mandatory) are payable IN FULL at the beginning of
each semester. Students cannot register for the following
semester unless all bills are paid.
International students who have been accepted for admission
may send dollar funds designated for payment of tuition and
living expenses before arrival on campus. The funds should be
clearly identified for the use of the student and sent to the:
Office of the
Bursar
PAC
Building, Room 184
One University Plaza, MS
PAC 184
Springfield, IL
62703-5407 U.S.A.
or
contact the Bursar's Office (217) 206-6738 regarding a wire
transfer.
Foreign currency cannot be accepted.
Health Information and Health Insurance
For
your protection and easy transition to UIS, please complete
and have signed by your health care provider all required
immunization and health records. Upon arrival at UIS, you are
required to receive a tuberculosis screening test at the UIS
Health Service; this test should not be done in your home
country.
You
will not be allowed to register for any class
until you have had the tuberculosis test and other
immunizations.
For more
information on Health Immunizations for International
Students and to download the Health Immunization Forms,
visit the following the website...
http://www.uis.edu/healthservices/immunization/regulations.htm
Contact Campus
Health Service
Campus
Health Services is located at:
Business Services Building, Room 20
One University Plaza
Springfield, IL 62703
Phone:
217-206-6676
FAX: 217-206-7779
Email:
HealthService@uis.edu
Website:
www.uis.edu/healthservices
Hours:
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday By appointment only
Major
medical expenses are very costly and health insurance coverage
is mandatory at UIS. However, student insurance will not cover
the cost of eye examinations, glasses or dental work. It is
therefore advisable that you obtain this health care at home,
before your departure. Consider bringing an extra pair of eye
glasses or contact lenses, and the original optometric
prescription in case of damage or loss. Website:
www.uis.edu/humanresources
F-1 Visa students:
International students (12 semester hours - undergraduate; 9
semester hours - graduate) are eligible for UIS student group
health insurance and an insurance fee will be assessed at
registration. Family coverage, as well as maternity benefit
coverage, may be purchased at additional cost.
J-1 Visa students: The
U.S. information Agency (USIA) requires that all persons in J
status have adequate health insurance while in United States.
Mandatory minimum coverage shall provide: medical benefits of
at least $50,000 per accident or illness; repatriation of
remains in the amount of $7,500; expenses associated with the
medical evacuation of the exchange visitor to his/her home
country in the amount of $10,000; and a deductible not to
exceed $500 per accident or illness.
UIS
student group health insurance does not meet all USIA
requirements and J Visa students are required to purchase
individual health coverage policies; information and
application forms are available in the Office of
International Student Services.
Traveling to UIS
US Governmental Update:
Click :
Re-entry for F1-students
or look
PDF
Destination:
Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A.
We do not go to St Louis or Chicago to pick up students.
PLEASE
NOTIFY THE OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICES, (217) 206-6678, OR
BY E-MAIL
iss@uis.edu OF YOUR
ARRIVAL DATE AND TIME.
There are
many ways to reach Springfield using public transportation:
plane, train or bus. (Do not take a taxicab from Chicago or
St. Louis; it will cost several hundred dollars.)
Plan your
arrival time in Chicago or St. Louis for morning or early
afternoon so that you can reach Springfield while most
University offices are open. Our campus is open from 8:30 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. If you arrive over the
weekend, be sure to contact us ahead of time or we may not be
able to meet you.
The
following information should assist you in making your travel
plans.
Flying
If you are
flying into the USA, you will have to clear US customs at your
initial port of entry. Once that has been taken care of you
will need to proceed, with your baggage, to the domestic
airline that you will be using to fly into Springfield. It is
possible to fly directly into Springfield from a number of
airports in the USA, including Chicago and St. Louis.
Depending on your initial port of entry, you may need to
change flights in order to reach Springfield.
If you fly
into John F. Kennedy airport in New York you may need to
transfer to La Guardia airport to catch your domestic flight.
You should go to the Ground Transportation information station
and ask for assistance in arranging for a shuttle or a taxi.
Information
on flights into Abraham Lincoln Capitol Airport in Springfield can be found at
www.flyspi.com or by calling (217) 788-1060.
Capitol
Airport is on the north side of Springfield and is about 15
miles from UIS campus. With advance notification (call (217)
206-6678) someone from UIS can meet you at the airport. A taxi
ride to the campus will cost about $25.
Train
Springfield
has an Amtrak train station and is served by trains from
Chicago and St. Louis daily.
In order to
travel from Chicago to Springfield by Amtrak train, after
clearing customs and getting luggage, go to the Ground
transportation information station in the terminal and inquire
about the Chicago Transit Bus to the Amtrak station. The bus
will cost only a few dollars. A taxicab to downtown will cost
about $40.
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