{"id":16,"date":"2015-03-09T13:43:56","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T13:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/isss\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-01-03T11:09:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T16:09:25","slug":"incoming-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/incoming-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Incoming Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to Bates! Since its founding, Bates College has provided a rigorous liberal arts education for all, including the many students comprising its international community. We&#8217;re pleased you will be joining us soon.  The topics below will provide you with information you need as you prepare for your entry to Bates. If you have a question or concern which isn&#8217;t addressed in these pages, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/connect\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/connect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contact us<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/welcome\/request-for-i-20\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"33\">I-20- Visa &#8211; Arrival Information<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/incoming-students\/important-information-for-canadian-students\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"36\">Important Information for Citizens of Canada &amp; Bermuda<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/incoming-students\/immigration-definitions-for-students-in-f1-and-j1-status\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"31\">Important Immigration Terms<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/incoming-students\/maintaining-your-f-1-status\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"10555\">Maintaining Your F-1 Status<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/international-student-orientation\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"8283\">International Student Orientation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/vacation-periods\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"8291\">Vacation Periods<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/incoming-students\/potential-delays-in-visa-issuance-and-at-ports-of-entry\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"10556\">Potential Delays in Visa Issuance at Ports of Entry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Bates! Since its founding, Bates College has provided a rigorous&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":924,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","with-sidebar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/924"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12005,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/12005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}