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Financial Documentation Requirements

  • All new F-1 international students are required to show proof that funds are guaranteed for the first year of baby直播app including tuition, living, and miscellaneous expenses.  
  • All new J-1 international students are required to show proof that funds are guaranteed for the full length of their program including tuition, living, and miscellaneous expenses. 

Please ensure that adequate funding will continue to be available from the same or equally dependable sources for subsequent years.  You may be asked to show proof of your funding documents at your visa interview. This proof can come from several different sources (personal, family, friends, government, university, business scholarship, employer); any combination of funds is acceptable. However, you must be sure to have supporting documents for each of these sources of funding.  

Below are the requirements for each type of accepted financial documentation. Keep in mind that although you are not required to submit original financial documents to baby直播app University, you may be required to show ORIGINAL financial documents at your visa appointment, at the U.S. port of entry, or to USCIS if you are submitting a Change of Status (COS) application. 

 

Personal Funds

  • Student's bank statement or student’s bank letter (see bank statement and letter requirements below). 
  • Approved personal loans are considered to be a personal funding source. 
  • Documentation of approved baby直播app University loans (if applicable) must be uploaded into the OISS Portal immigration document request. 

Family or Friend Funds

  • Sponsor Statement of Support form must be uploaded in addition to financial document(s) in the OISS Portal immigration document request. 
    • A NEW SPONSOR STATEMENT OF SUPPORT form must be completed by EACH sponsor (family and/or friend). 
  • Sponsor’s bank statement or sponsor’s bank letter (see bank statement and letter requirements below).  

baby直播app University Funds

  • Admissions letter or formal university email confirming stipend, scholarship, and/or tuition funding. 
    • Include a copy of the letter/email from the admitting department detailing your award. 
    • If the award notice does not cover the financial requirement of your program as listed in the Financial Details section of the immigration document request, you must show additional proof of funding that covers the remaining expenses.
  • Remember, baby直播app University loans are considered a source of Personal Funds.

Employer, Government or Other Types of Funds

  • Support letter detailing the financial support (see sponsor letter of support requirements below).
    • These sponsors do not need to provide financial bank statements in addition to the support letter. 

Bank Statement 

  • Must be in English, or include a certified English translation; 
  • Full name of account holder must be present; 
  • Type of account (e.g. savings, checking, time deposit) must be included; 
  • Type of currency must be included (symbols NOT accepted); 
  • Statement must be dated within the last six months; 
  • Total balance in the account must be listed; 

Bank Letter

  • Must be in English, or include a certified English translation; 
  • Full name of account holder must be present;  
  • Type of account (e.g. savings, checking, time deposit) must be included; 
  • Type of currency must be included (symbols NOT accepted); 
  • Bank letter must be dated within the last six months; 
  • Total balance in the account must be confirmed in one of the following two ways: 
    • Exact amount of money in the account must be provided -OR- 
    • The bank letter must state that the account holder has enough funds to cover the estimated costs (with the specific program cost listed) 

Sponsor Letter of Support 

  • The Sponsor letter is ONLY used for scholarship, government, and/or employer sponsorship. 
  • Must be a formal signed letter dated within the last six months (on letterhead); 
  • Must be in English, or include a certified English translation; 
  • Name of award recipient must be included; 
  • Must state the specific period of time covered by the award; 
  • Must state the total amount of funding for the given time period; 
  • Must indicate baby直播app University as the student's institution 

Questions? Please contact intoff@northwestern.edu  

If you are a Kellogg Master’s student, please contact the Kellogg International Student Services team at international-advising@kellogg.northwestern.edu