Pre-arrival Checklist

✔ Notify the VCU Office of International Admissions that you will be attending: email Alica Hodges at ahodges@vcu.edu. Include your full name and V-number (found on your acceptance letter).

✔ Obtain a student visa. Review basic information on the process of obtaining a student visa.

✔ Visit your doctor in your home country and request that he/she complete the VCU Certificate of Immunization in English.

✔ Register online for the English Language Placement test, if listed as a requirement on your VCU acceptance letter.

✔ Get information and register for .

✔ Make travel plans to arrive at VCU at least two days prior to .