Admissions
POLY Languages Institute admits students 18 years of age or older. For a student
under 18 years of age, the applicant must have completed high school. In all cases,
the applicant must have successfully completed at least one year of English as a
foreign/second language or its equivalent.
All applicants must complete the application form and submit it along with applicable
fees and a photo Identification (ID) online, in person, or by mail to the applicable
POLY center. An acceptable form of ID is a passport, or any U.S. state issued driver’s
license or identification card.
For a student wishing to attend the school as an international F-1 student, the
Documentary Evidence of Financial Support (DEFS) is required - showing ability to
pay for education and living expenses of the student and the living expenses of
spouse or children, if any, traveling with F-2 (dependent of student) visas. For
each term, the estimated Total Expense (TE) is $1800 (sum of tuition, books, and
living expense) for the student and $800 (living expense) per dependent.
For an initial, an initial Change of Status (COS), or a reinstating student, the
DEFS fund for the student must cover at least six (6) terms of the estimated total
expense for acceptance.
For a transfer student, released in status, the DEFS must cover at least 2 terms
of his/her studies at POLY for acceptance.
Additionally for a transfer student, bank statements of two or more illustrating
money being deposited to the account regularly accompanied with a letter from the
student explaining the sources of the money to the account will suffice.
Acceptable forms of financial documentation are:
- a personal bank statement,
- an affidavit of support from a sponsor/parent with a bank statement stating the
responsibility for the student’s expenses,
- a letter guaranteeing financial support from the student’s employer, and
- a scholarship letter from the student’s government or other organizations.
In addition, depending on their situation, applicants must follow one of the following
procedures:
- Applying for a Student Visa outside the U.S. (Initial)
Upon obtaining a Form I-20, the student must pay the SEVIS I-901 fee prior to applying
for an F-1 visa. Please visit http://www.fmjfee.com
for details. The student must then have a visa interview with the local U.S. consulate
for an F-1 Visa. For the interview, the student must bring the Form I-20, evidence
of the SEVIS I-901 fee payment, a signed passport which must be valid for at least
six months, a completed Form DS-156, and other applicable documents.
- Changing Status to F-1 in the U.S. (Initial - Change
of Status)
Upon obtaining a Form I-20, the student must file a Form I-539 (available online
at http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-539.pdf)
with USCIS to change from the student’s current non-immigrant status to an F-1 status.
The payment of SEVIS I-901 fee is also required.
- Transferring with an F-1 visa
The student who already has a non-immigrant F-1 visa and wishes to attend POLY Languages
Institute must first complete the Notice of Intention to Transfer-In form, which
states the student’s intention-to-transfer and acceptance to POLY. POLY's administrative
staff will fax or mail this form to the school the student is exiting. However,
it is the responsibility of the student to ensure the release of the student’s Form
I-20 to POLY by communicating to the Designated School Official (DSO) of the exiting
school. Upon the release of the student’s record to POLY in SEVIS, POLY will prepare
the Form I-20 for the student. The student should check with the office for the
hard copy of Form I-20.