Valuable Links

for

International and Domestic Students

Immigration Forms and Fees

https://egov.immigration.gov/cris/jsps/index.jsp

USCIS Case Status Service Online

http://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/index.htm

Passport Renewal Consult your Embassy

In NYC:

http://www.google.com/local

Search: (enter your country) Consulate, New York City

In Washington:

Search: (enter your country) Consulate, Washington, D.C.

Initial, Continuing, and Change of Status Students Needing to Apply for a Visa

SEVIS fee:

https://www.fmjfee.com/index.jhtml

U.S. Consulate information:

http://travel.state.gov/

Visa Application:

http://travel.state.gov/visa/visa_1750.html

Passport photo requirements:

http://travel.state.gov/passport/guide/guide_2081.html

Special Procedure for countries designated as a “State sponsor of terrorism” by the U.S. government

http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/info/info_1300.html

About U.S. Visit

http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interapp/content_multi_image/content_multi_image_0006.xml

Instructions:

http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/US-VISIT_Updated_Entry_StepxStep.pdf

Tax Resources

Internal Revenue Services (forms and publications)

www.irs.gov

New York State Tax Department

www.tax.state.ny.us

New York City Department of Finance

www.ci.nyc.ny.us/finance

New Jersey (forms and publications)

http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/

Currency Converter/ Calculators

http://www.xe.com/ucc/full.shtml

http://www.bloomberg.com/analysis/calculators/currency.html

http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic

Department of Motor Vehicles

http://www.dmv.org/ny-new-york/department-motor-vehicles.php

Metro International

http://www.metrointl.org/

Domestic

Exchange and Study Abroad:

How to apply for U.S. passport

http://www.usps.com/homearea/category/govtlinks.htm?from=home&page=govtservices

Photos of the Exchange schools

http://rand.pratt.edu/~giannini/artschools2.html

Travel website

www.travel.yahoo.com

www.travelocity.com

www.expedia.com

Study Abroad website

www.studyabroad.com

Scholarship information

www.iie.org/programs/gilman/

Exchange Schools

Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany

http://www.uni-weimar.de/index.de.php

Bezalel Academy of the Arts, Jerusalem

http://www.bezalel.ac.il/sitee/homepage.asp

Central Saint Martins, London, England

http://www.csm.arts.ac.uk/

Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam

http://www.gerritrietveldacademie.nl/

Glasgow College of Art, Glasgow, Scotland

http://www.gsa.ac.uk/

Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Amsterdam

http://www.ahk.nl/

Korean National University of Arts, “KNUA”, Seoul, Korea

http://www.knua.ac.kr/

Musashino Art University, “MAU”, Tokyo, Japan

http://www.musashino-u.ac.jp/

Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, “NABA”, Milan, Italy

http://www.naba.it/sito_2005/sito/index2.php?idcol=0

Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia

http://www.scu.edu.au/index.php

Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia

http://www.vca.unimelb.edu.au/