The official arrival date for New International Students is: Monday, August 18, 2025.

You are strongly recommended purchase your flight tickets AFTER you secure your U.S. F-1 or J-1 student visa.

After you receive your F-1 visa or J-1 visa and make your flight arrangements, please complete a Flight Information Form to report your flight and arrival information. Please complete the form by August 1, 2025.

Please arrive in Lincoln or Omaha no later than 10pm on the official arrival date (August 18, 2025) because:

OMALINK airport shuttle may charge you additional fees if they need to pick you up after 10pm.
You will be arriving on our campus after midnight and you may not be ready for the orientation on the next day.

Please do NOT arrive on or before August 15, 2025.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) (the immigration office at the U.S. airports) has enforced a procedure requiring the verification of Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) status at border checkpoints for every international student. Because of the procedure, you may need to spend more than 2 hours to go through the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (immigration office at the U.S. airports).

When you purchase your air ticket(s),

please use the same name written on your passport and F-1 visa or J-1 visa AND
please make sure that you have enough time to go through the CBP office and the connection of your U.S. domestic flights.