New Students: Arriving on Campus
Use these resources as you prepare to arrive as a new student on campus and throughout your first few months at Stanford.
Learn about student visa types at Stanford, how to apply for a visa document, how to request your immigration documents, and how to maintain your legal status. And get information on new student orientations and checklists before you arrive on campus.
Steps Before You Apply for a Visa
As a newly admitted student, learn what you need to do before applying for a visa document.
Enrollment Holds & How to Remove Them
Learn what an enrollment hold is, why you have one when you first arrive on campus, and how to remove it.
Undergraduate Orientation
Check out the orientation plans we have for you this fall.
Graduate Orientation
Check out the orientation plans we have for you this fall.
Enrollment Requirements to Maintain Legal Visa Status
All international students with F-1 or J-1 student visas need to enroll full time to maintain their legal visa status.