1. Carry your important documents, contact information, and cash on you.

If an item of your luggage is checked below the plane at the last minute, make sure you remove these things from it before you check it in.

2. When you arrive at the US port (location) of entry, present:

• Passport
• M-1 visa stamp/sticker (unless you are Canadian or Bermudan)
• Printed SEVIS fee payment receipt (see #2 SEVIS section of As Soon as You are Accepted)
• Signed Form I-20

You will receive an I-94 admissions stamp in your passport.

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3. Make sure you leave the port of entry with all of the above documents still in your possession.

• Passport
• M-1 visa stamp or sticker (unless you are Canadian or Bermudan)
• SEVIS fee payment receipt
• Signed Form I-20
• I-94 admissions stamp in your passport, stating your visa type as M-1 and an expiration date 30 days after the program end date in your Form I-20.

You have just successfully entered the US, but you need all of these documents for future reference and use. They are expensive to replace.