{"id":506,"date":"2020-03-25T13:18:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T18:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu.master-7rqtwti-ytf57z7frat4e.us-2.platformsh.site\/isss\/?page_id=506"},"modified":"2026-01-28T09:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:20:12","slug":"check-in-and-orientation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/employees-visitors\/j-1-scholars\/check-in-and-orientation\/","title":{"rendered":"Check-in and orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Check-in process for J-1 scholars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon arrival to Columbia, please send an email to <a href=\"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/advising\/people\/\">your adviser<\/a> . You will receive an email with the immigration check in instructions. Please complete the required steps and notify the adviser once you are finished. You will receive a separate email with the J-1 scholar orientation schedule. Please be sure to join the session. It is a mandatory requirement for J-1 visiting scholars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">J-1 scholar orientation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Orientation will provide you and any accompanying family members (spouse or children) information to assist you in settling into the local community. Orientation will cover topics like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Important documents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maintaining your immigration status<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Health care and emergency assistance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Insurance plans that meet the requirements for J-1 visitors, including medical evacuation and repatriation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Culture and life in the United States<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Local community resources (public transportation, medical centers, schools, libraries, recreation centers, banks, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check-in process for J-1 scholars Upon arrival to Columbia, please send an email to your adviser . You will receive an email with the immigration check in instructions. Please complete the required steps and notify the adviser once you are finished. You will receive a separate email with the J-1 scholar orientation schedule. Please be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":112,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-506","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3279,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/506\/revisions\/3279"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}