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Basics for Parents
Before you decide to
send your child you must have an idea about the following:
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Is your child ready to make the trip?
- What do you know about academics on his/her study abroad
program?
- How much do you / your child know about the host city?
- Where will your child be living and eating?
- Have you made appropriate financial arrangements?
You need to:
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Read up as much as you can find on your host country.
- Talk to people who have been on the program like students
or professors.
- Talk to the people in your country who are from the host
country.
The vital checklist:
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Find out the correct time of the beginning of the course and
see to it that your child's tickets and visa are ready; don't
leave either of these things till the last date.
- Book your child's tickets well in advance and re-check/confirm
them 72 hours before the flight. This is mandatory procedure
with most airlines.
- Make sure that you know the size and weight limits of the
baggage that is allowed and do not exceed the limit. Your
child may have to carry his/her own luggage pack sensibly.
- Have a photocopy of your child's passport and other important
documents.
- Make sure that you know what is the weather presently in
the country your child is going to and what the general weather
is like and pack clothes according to that. It will be very
expensive for your child to buy clothes or any other item
for a while after he reaches there. Also find out about the
inoculations he/she needs to take and the time period for
them. See that it's over well before he is due to leave. If
the child is are under certain prescribed drugs make sure
he/she has a permit to carry it with him/her as both availability
and cost may be a problem abroad.
- Make sure of his staying arrangements. Especially if he/her
is going to reach on a weekend or late at night, be sure as
to who is picking him/her up and where and also where he/she
is to stay (if a weekend) till they move into the college
campus. Have your contact's phone number and address and give
a copy to your child also. Let him have a rough idea how to
get to his/her host's place from the airport in case of an
emergency.
- Find out the popular modes of transportation there, whether
there is a reliable public transport or do he/she needs to
make their own arrangements.
- Also find out if you he/she to meet the school authorities
on his/her arrival to confirm their admission or can they
wait till school begins?
- Explain the money exchange rates of the country he/she is
going to and the give them the amount of money they might
need and alternate/safer modes of carrying money like traveller's
cheques. Also find out about opening an account there and
ATM and how money can be sent from here.
- Try to get them an international calling card before they
leave, as this will help them to get in touch with you easily
and not waste their money that will be precious to them in
a new country.
- Find out about the consulate of your country nearest to
where they will be staying and ask them to register themselves
there.
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