• Meet your future classmates, staff, and international community.
• Obtain important information about your status as an F-1 student. 
• Sign International Student contract. 
• Learn about student employment, Social Security Number, and California Driver's License.
• Learn about your Health Insurance
• Clear Registration Holds.
• Get Advised and Registered.
• Obtain official student ID card and Parking Permit. 
• Resources On and Off Campus. 

• Passport
• Original I-20 Form
• Visa
• I-94

Please check your orientation dates on the schedule for more information about the orientation date. If not, you can always contact our office at 951 785 2237 or prei20@lasierra.edu

Simply click HERE or go to www.lasierra.edu/oiss and click on the International "Immigration" Orientation button. 

If you are a male student, please report directly to Sierra Towers. If you are a female student age 21 and under, please report to Angwin Hall. If you are a female student age 22 and higher, please report to Calkins Hall. 

Please write to intlstud@lasierra.edu or call 951.785.2237

Yes! Please register online at https://lasierra.edu/testing/. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Testing Center at 951-785-2453 or testing@lasierra.edu. 

Yes! Listed below are the contact information for your advisors: Undergraduate Students: Contact your advisor at 951.785.2237 or oacs@lasierra.edu

Graduate Students: Contact your perspective departments.

• Zapara School of Business - Healther Miller, 951.785.2225 or hmiller@lasierra.edu
• School of Education (Administration & Leadership) - 951.785.2074 or edad@lasierra.edu
• School of Education (Curriculum & Instruction) - 951.785.2203 or edci@lasierra.edu
• School of Education (Psychology & Counseling) - 951.785.2267 or dclarkep@lasierra.edu
• HMS Richards Divinity School - 951.785.2041 or divinity@lasierra.edu
• Department of English - 951.785.2335 or maenglish@lasierra.edu 

Music Certificate Students: Contact your advisor at 951.785.2036 or music@lasierra.edu 

English as a Second Language Students: Contact Nanci Mina at 951.785.2351 or nmina@lasierra.edu  

They are language proficiency tests that are designed to help you place in the appropriate English as a Second Language (ESL) course but if you pass the test or have submitted passing scores, then you do not need to take them. Click here for more information.

Placement tests are designed to help you place in the appropriate english and/or math class. 

Not everyone will need to take a placement test. Once you are accepted and all your final transcripts are processed, either the office of admissions or your advisor will let you know. Most of the time, a hold will appear on your student account and it will state the type of placement test you will need to take. 

• Men's Dorm (Sierra Towers) - 951.785.2229 or canine@lasierra.edu
• Women's Dorm (Calkins Hall) - 951.785.2212 or nguerpo@lasierra.edu
• Women's Dorm (Angwin Hall) - 951.785.2025 or dvilchez@lasierra.edu

You will need to make prior arrangements with the International Students Office. Please contact us at oiss@lasierra.edu or 951.785.2237. NOTE: you might live in a hotel and will need to pay for the remainder of your stay. 

• Passport
• Visa
• I-20 Form
• Current address here in the United States.
• Full Name, email address, and phone number of a guardian, relative, friend, or advisor here in the United States.
• Full Name, email address, and phone number of your guardian or parents in your home country.

They are not required to attend our immigration orientation becasue orientation is about you the student but they are welcome to attend.

We recommend that you submit an airport pick up form online at least 48 hours before your arrival time which will give us enough time to plan accordingly. You can either pay cash or request that your student account be charged. Book your airport pick up here.