Check the Office of Admissions website for details on application requirements and procedures.
After you are admitted, OISS will be notified and will prepare your I-20 or DS-2019 so that you can apply for an F-1 or J-1 visa at a U.S. Consulate.
Non-degree exchange programs are organized by the American Semester Program. Learn more about applying to the American Semester Program.
After you are admitted, OISS will be notified and will prepare your I-20 or DS-2019 so that you can apply for an F-1 or J-1 visa at a U.S. Consulate.
We are glad that you are interested in coming to MSU as a visiting scholar. In order to be hosted as a visiting scholar, you must first receive an invitation from an MSU department. After you have been invited to MSU, our office will work directly with your host department to issue a DS-2019 to you so that you may apply for a J-1 visa at a U.S. Consulate.
If you have questions about a pending application for a DS-2019, contact your host department.
1. Get an invitation from an academic department.
2. Host department sends DS-2019 request to OISS.
Host departments - learn more about hosting a visiting scholar
3. OISS creates the DS-2019 and the host department picks it up.
4. Host department sends the DS-2019 to the visiting scholar.
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