First Semester Admission
As soon as we have entered your Application Details (making up your Profile) in your Student Information and Study Center account and we have received all necessary documents and the Application Fee, we review your application and, if deemed necessary by the Immigration Office, they conduct a preliminary background check. If all documents are in order, your motivation is convincing and the preliminary background check hasn’t brought to light any noticeable irregularities, you receive a Confirmation of Provisional Admittance.
Proof of Creditworthiness
Prior to sending a definitive Confirmation of Admittance, you (or your legal guardian, representative or sponsor) are asked for a proof of creditworthiness. This can be a recent bank statement or a statement by a recognized financial institution. In case payments will be made by a legal guardian, representative or sponsor, this person must send CUN a copy of his/her valid passport.
Deposit
On receiving proof of creditworthiness, we ask you to make a deposit, being 30% of your first academic semester tuition, to secure your ‘seat’. As soon as we receive your deposit, we send you a definitive Confirmation of Admittance.
Immigration
We will now send your legal documents to the Immigration Office, asking for you to be allowed to enter the country on a student visa. This process can take up to three months. Costs involved will be charged directly to you. On receiving permission to enter the country on a student visa, you will have to arrange your health and liability insurance. TIP: see if you can get a travel-insurance, covering health and liability, extendable or for the duration of your stay. Please be aware that a valid health-insurance, for the duration of at least one year, prior to enter most countries in the Caribbean, is mandatory. Upon entering the country, as a temporary resident, a refundable immigration deposit is usually required by law. Coming from a non-EU country and traveling to one of the (Dutch) Caribbean islands, through a European airport, you will have to apply for a transit visa.
Full payment of tuition, fees and insurance, for the first academic semester
Prior to definitive enrollment we ask you to pay your tuition and fees, covering your first academic semester, in full. On receiving the tuition and fees, we will send you a Confirmation of Enrollment in the program, for your first semester. Having sent your Proof of Insurance to the Immigration Office will allow you to stay on your student visa. Please send your Proof of Insurance to CUN’s Admission Office first.
Welcoming you as our student
Finally arriving on Curacao, our Student Services Team welcomes you to our beautiful island. The team will also help you with arranging your housing. Make sure you’ll receive an appropriate rental-agreement. As soon as you are settled in, an introduction program starts. If you follow (part of) your first semester on-line, you will start your introduction program on arrival for your second semester or the remainder of your first semester.
As of the second term. . .
Per Academic Semester Registration
You need to register for every academic semester and the courses to be taken during that particular semester. Being enrolled or being registered for a particular semester, does not imply registration for any following semester and/or courses. On registering for a following academic semester, tuition and other applicable fees have to be paid in full.
Graduation
On finalizing your program, you can apply for your graduation. Graduation Requests can be sent in on paper or electronically. The proper forms are available at Student Services. As soon as your Graduation Request is received, all requirements will be checked. In case one or more requirements are not yet (fully) met, you and your Mentor are notified immediately. Your Mentor will advise you what steps could or should be taken, to fully meet all requirements. On graduating you will receive a diploma and a diploma-supplement.
You will be eligible for graduation, as soon as the applicable fee is paid in full.
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