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- Confirm you have arrived abroad by contacting Study abroad Services. Students can check in by email or by sending a message to the Study Abroad Services number on messaging apps, such as WhatsApp, GoogleVoice, Viber, and WeChat.
- Verify your host country address if you will be in one location for the length of your program - i.e., an apartment, residence hall, or homestay. Submit your host address by emailing studyabroad@uwf.edu. Students on short-term programs Affairs moving between multiple locations or staying with a UWF Faculty-led Program will have this step completed by their faculty leader.
- Submit the Enrollment Certification Form - For students on transfer credit and Exchange programs. Students awaiting financial aid disbursement for transfer credit and exchange programs MUST submit the Enrollment Certification form in the FIRST WEEK of the term abroad.
Students should complete the top portion of the form. They should also list the names of the courses on the form.
IMPORTANT: The Host program MUST confirm the credits, dates and other information about the courses. The detailed course information should not be completed by the student. - Report any personal travel away from the host city/site. If you are studying in Edinburgh and plan a trip to London, send an email to studyabroad@uwf.edu to let us know you will be traveling. This helps International Programs Affairs keep an accurate list of student locations abroad in the event of an incident abroad.
- Respond to International Programs Affairs emails while abroad. International Programs Affairs will email students at various times during the term abroad including to confirm safety status following incidents abroad.
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Each country has laws which must be followed by visitors. International Programs Affairs reviews information for following laws of the host country during Study Abroad Orientation.
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