Program Fee Payment Schedule
Year and semester programs departing July-September:
Payment: | When the Payment is Due: |
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$200 application fee | When you submit your application |
$500 deposit | Upon AFS-USA completion of application review |
$1,500 installment | By April 1 or within 20 days of receipt of your invoice, whichever comes later. |
Remaining Balance | By May 1 or receipt of your invoice, whichever comes later. |
Year and semester programs departing January – March:
Payment: | When the Payment is Due: |
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$200 application fee | When you submit your application |
$500 deposit | Upon AFS-USA completion of application review |
$1,500 installment | By November 1 or within 20 days of receipt of your invoice, whichever comes later. |
Remaining Balance | By December 1 or upon receipt of your invoice, whichever comes later. |
Summer programs departing June – July:
Payment: | When the Payment is Due: |
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$75 application fee | When you submit your application |
$500 deposit | Upon AFS-USA completion of application review |
$1,500 installment | By March 1 or within 20 days of receipt of your invoice, whichever comes later. |
Remaining balance | By April 1 or upon receipt of your invoice, whichever comes later |
Global Prep programs departing June – August:
Payment: | When the Payment is Due: |
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$75 application fee | When you submit your application |
$500 program fee deposit | Upon application being sent abroad to partner office |
$1,100 installment | Within 30 days of receipt of your invoice or within 3 weeks of departure, whichever comes first |
Remaining balance | By 2 weeks before your departure date |
Important Notes:
- Students will not be able to depart without paying the program fee in full.*
- Delays in student departures may occur due to circumstances beyond the control of AFS-USA, such as changes in visa processes or other regulations here or abroad.
- Participation fees for programs are not based upon the length of the program.
- Fees will not be prorated or discounted if departures are delayed.
- AFS will impose late-payment penalties as appropriate.
- All programs, prices, and travel dates are subject to change without notice.
- If a payment date falls on a weekend, the payment is due the next business day.
*Full scholarship students: Please see the fee schedule specific to your scholarship in the payment schedule addendum of the Participation Agreement.
Refund Policy:
Application fee: Non-refundable
Program deposit: Non-refundable unless:
- The student’s application is not accepted by AFS.
- The student doesn’t receive their host family’s name or address two weeks prior to departure, and decides to withdraw as a result.
- If AFS cancels a program and does not provide an acceptable alternative.
For program payments beyond the deposit:
More than 60 days prior to departure: | Program fee payments in excess of the deposit are fully refundable. |
Within 60 days of departure: | You will be responsible to pay a cancellation fee equal to 20% of the full program fee. The remainder is refundable. |
After departure: | Full program fee is non-refundable. |
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- In circumstances when the deposit is refundable, program fee payments are also refundable.
- If you receive a scholarship that covers any portion of your program fee after having already paid it, AFS will issue a refund accordingly.