Other Fees

• Application Fee
  In order for your application to be processed, you must include a non-refundable $75 application fee with your completed application form. This application fee is waived if the student is deferring the start date within 100 days - or has attended POLY previously and is reapplying and starting within 180 days of the student¡¯s last day of registration at POLY.
• Processing Fee/Rebooking Fee
  For the student wishing to attend the school as an international F-1 student, there is a non-refundable processing fee of $35. Additional processing/rebooking fees apply when there are changes in term start date, airport transfer service date, accommodation move-in date, or the center (inter-center transfer). This processing fee will also apply for a continuing student who is returning within 180 days but has failed to preregister for courses.
• Express Mailing Fee
  Unless you pick up the acceptance package in person, we allow the delivery of the acceptance package or any refund checks only by courier companies that have a tracking system ensuring its delivery. The non-refundable express mailing fees are as follows: Outside the US: $65; Within the US: $30.
• SEVIS I-901 Fee
  The SEVIS I-901 fee of $200 must be paid directly to the SEVP administrator for those, with an initial Form I-20, applying for a student F-1 visa. Should the student wish that the school pay on the student¡¯s behalf, the student must provide the credit card information to which the student wishes the charge be made. The school will send the receipt of the payment enclosed in the acceptance package. The fee is independent of POLY Languages Institute. Please visit www.fmjfee.com for details.
• Airport Transfer Fee
  POLY provides airport pick-up service from the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to the POLY Center you will be attending or to the location you will be staying as long as the location is within 10 miles of the POLY Center. The $110 airport transfer service fee is due 20 days prior to your scheduled arrival date. If you cancel 10 days prior to your scheduled arrival date, there will be a full refund.
• Examination Fee
  POLY Languages Institute is approved as an official Certified Test Administration Site (CTAS) to administer ETS internet-based tests. All POLY Languages Institute centers offer the iBT TOEFL and iBT TOEIC tests on site. For more information and to register for the tests, please visit www.ets.org.
• Textbook
  Students must purchase the required textbooks for the courses by the second day of the term. The textbooks are often used for an entire level (two terms or 8 weeks). The average cost of textbook(s) per level is $120 for the Intensive Program and $160 for the Intensive Plus Program.
• Medical Insurance
  All F-1 students and their dependents are required to purchase medical insurance prior to the start of their studies at POLY. The students may choose their own insurance plan or the International Student Protection (ISP) plan by the insurance company, J. Deutsch Associates, Inc. The plan is for international students and scholars in the US. For more information about ISP and their insurance program, please visit www.intlstudentprotection.com or call their toll free number at 1-877-738-5787.
• STRF Assessment
  If you are a California resident, you must pay the Student Tuition Recovery Fund (STRF) assessment fee. The fee is $2.50 per one thousand dollars of a prepaid tuition, rounded to the nearest thousand dollars. If the prepaid tuition is less than $1000, the fee is $2.50.
• Other Fees
  We provide student IDs and other forms such as enrollment verifications, official transcripts, recommendation letter to colleges or universities with conditional acceptance agreements, certificates, and more. Such requests can be done by submitting the Student Service Request form with applicable fees, if any. The requested documents may be picked up from the administration office between 5 and 30 days. Any requested document or item not picked up within 30 days will be discarded.

*Tuition and fees are subject to change without prior notice.