Campus Immersion: How to Apply

If your primary purpose for entering the United States is to study, you must obtain an F-1 student visa. To get your F-1 visa, you must:

• Wait for your official I-20 document. This will be administered by ASU Global Launch after you apply to the program and pay the application fee. This form will be electronic.
• After you receive our SEVIS form I-20, process your SEVIS Form I-901 and your SEVIS fee.
• Apply for a non-immigrant visa, DS-160. After you complete your DS-160, print and save the DS-160 barcode page.
• Schedule a visa interview at the U.S. embassy or consulate near you. Each consulate has different wait times. You can view the wait times in your area online.
• Pay your non-immigrant visa application fees before your visa interview.
• Prepare for your visa interview. Please read all information provided by the U.S. embassy or consulate that you will visit.

ASU Global Launch will also issue I-20 documents for your dependents when applicable. If you require an I-20 for a dependent, your financial guarantee must provide proof of an additional $1,750 for a spouse or $1,250 for a child. Contact us if you have questions: [email protected].

Transfer students are F-1 students who are already studying in the United States and would like to change schools. If you who wish to transfer to the Global Launch English program, please apply to the program, and then contact your student advisor at your current school.

Transfer procedure

• Tell your student advisor that you want to transfer to the Global Launch English program. You should tell your advisor BEFORE you finish your current program.
• Submit your online application, non-refundable application fee, passport copy and statement of financial guarantee.

• Download and print the 

  F-1 Status Verification Form, sign it, and ask your current school's student advisor to complete it.

• Send a copy, or have your advisor send a copy, of the completed F-1 Status Verification form to Global Launch.

If you have been admitted to the Global Launch Campus Immersion English Language Program but cannot attend during the session that you applied for, you can still move toward your goal of learning English. You have many choices.

1. If you cannot attend on campus, we suggest you join the Online Immersion program, which has the same teachers and learning outcomes as the on-campus program - from the comfort of your home.
2. If you cannot attend on campus, you may decide to wait for another session. When you defer your application, you change your admission to the next session. You will not be required to pay the non-refundable application fee again, and can attend during the next session. However, this will impact your student immigration status.
   1. Your SEVIS I-20 document is only valid for 30 days after your SEVIS start date. (You can find your SEVIS start date on the I-20 document you received from Global Launch). If you defer your application within 30 days of your SEVIS start date, we will change your status to the new date.
3. If you cannot attend on campus and cannot attend Online Immersion, you may decide to take a self-paced online course, with no live class sessions. These are good ways to advance your English before you join a full-time program.

To defer your application, please email [email protected] and include the following information:

• Your full name as listed in your passport
• Your ASU ID number
• Which option you would like to choose

Global Launch offers 5 intensive English program sessions per year. Learn more about our upcoming session dates and deadlines. 

Check your English skill level

If you have not done so yet, you should consider taking our free online English placement test to get an idea of your current English level. 

This will help you estimate about how many 8-week sessions you may need to reach Advanced 2 level, or end of the program.

Please note: you will still be required to take the official English placement test upon admission.

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