I am a graduate student applying for an assistantship. Should I wait to complete/submit DISA required financial guarantee, visa or immigration related materials?
When it comes to your admission there are three possibilities. You may be: • admitted without an assistantship. • admitted with an assistantship which covers your whole financial guarantee. • admitted with an assistantship which covers part of your financial guarantee. You can wait to submit your financial guarantee in case you do not get an assistantship but you should know this will delay the issuance of the I-20 or DS-2019. If you are unable at this time to provide any form of financial guarantee and will be applying with your graduate program for an assistantship, you have 2 options to consider: • Use personal or family funds as your financial guarantee to complete/submit DISA required materials until you receive official notification from your department. Once you have been awarded financial support, we can amend your I-20/DS-2019’s source of financial support accordingly. • Wait to complete/submit DISA required materials until after you have received official notification regardi
Recently, our processes have changed. You no longer need to submit any visa or immigration related materials (ex. financial guarantee requirements or bank statements) at the time of application. After you have been offered admission and have notified your department that you have accepted your offer of admission, DISA will contact you with a set of instructions and a link so that you can enter your immigration information and/or upload your financial documentation directly into your electronic file. Please note that this electronic information/form cannot be created or pre-completed until you have accepted your offer of admission. When it comes to your admission there are three possibilities. You may be: • admitted without an assistantship. • admitted with an assistantship which covers your whole financial guarantee. • admitted with an assistantship which covers part of your financial guarantee. You can wait to submit your financial guarantee in case you get an assistantship but you sh
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- I am a graduate student applying for an assistantship. Should I wait to send in the Application for Visa Document and Financial Certification and financial guarantee materials?
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- Is there a special form to complete for financial support via a Graduate Assistantship?
