Things To Do When You Arrive Early

STEP 1.  Pick up your Orientation Schedule and Complimentary USB Drive

Location: Center for Advising & Career Services – McCone Building, top floor - 499 Pierce Street

Times: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm

STEP 2.  Optional Campus Tour

Location: Admissions Office - 460 Pierce Street

Times: 9:00 am

STEP 3.  Get your Student ID Card and Parking Permit

Location: Campus Security Office - located behind the Admissions Office - 460 Pierce Street

Times:   9:00 am to 4:00 pm

• Student ID card: Bring photo ID with name (driver’s license or passport) or click here to submit a photo online.  If you submit your photo online by January 3rd, you can pick-up your student ID card along with your orientation schedule and USB drive at the Center for Advising & Career Services.
• Parking Permit: Students with cars who live beyond a one mile radius, bring valid driver’s license, vehicle registration, proof of auto insurance, and proof of local address

STEP 4.  For International Students Only - Check in with Office of Student Services

Location: Office of Student Services - 440 Van Buren Street

Times:  9:00 am -5:00 pm

As an F-1 or J-1 international student, you are required to check in with the Office of Student services after arriving in Monterey.  By checking in you are officially reporting your arrival to MIIS and following governmental regulations. To do this, please bring the following documents:

1. Passport (page with your picture and name)
2. F-1 or J-1 visa
3. I-94 card (front and back)
4. Current I-20 or DS-2019

You are also required to provide us with your local address by sending an email to visas@miis.edu. Once we receive your documents and local address, we will be able to report your arrival through the SEVIS system.

STEP 5.  Attend a Housing and Insurance Information Session

Location:  Office of Student Services - 440 Van Buren Street

Times:  11:00 am – 12:00 pm

This session will provide orientation to the local communities, discuss housing options, and offer tips on the best ways to go about searching for housing. This session will also explain the Institute’s Student Health Insurance Plan and procedures for waiving Institute insurance (for students having individual coverage).

STEP 6.  Enroll/Waive Student Health Insurance

If you are a student, taking six or more units in the fall or spring semester, or four or more units in a summer program, you are required to have health insurance.

If you choose to enroll in our Student Health Insurance Plan you must enroll online.   This must be done at the beginning of each semester. If you are choosing to waive out of the Student Health Insurance Plan because you have your own private health insurance, then you must complete the Online Waiver at the beginning of each semester.

Please visit the following website to complete and submit your Enrollment Form or your Waiver Form: https://studentinsurance.wellsfargo.com . Under “Student Insurance” click on “Find your school’s plan”, then search for the Monterey Institute of International Studies.

Be aware that if you choose to waive out of the Institute’s Plan, private health insurance is mandatory and must be in effect—not a pending application—by 4 p.m. on the first day of classes.

If you are waiting for your financial aid refund check to pay for insurance, you must enroll in or waive out of our plan, within two weeks of receiving your refund check.

If you have questions regarding the Institute's Student Health Insurance Plan, medical/dental referrals, adding dependents to the plan, etc., please contact the Office of Student Services at: student.services@miis.edu or 831-647-4128.