Applications are submitted online. PLEASE contact your advisor about your wish to change your status BEFORE you submit your application.
To cancel a submitted application or make a change, please submit one of the forms below:
Change in Non-Resident Status (PDF)
Cancellation of Non-Resident Status (PDF)
Applications for non-resident status must be submitted for departmental approval online by July 1 for the fall term or academic year, and by December 1 for the spring term. After those dates, late registration fees apply. The student will be charged $50 plus $5 for each week that the application is late.
If a student is currently in non-resident status and wants to continue in that status for additional terms, a new non-resident application must be submitted.
Once a non-resident application has been approved, a traveling scholar may request a formal letter of introduction from the Dean's Office in the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center to assist the student in gaining access to research facilities and libraries abroad.
For more information, please contact the Dean's Office at 617-495-1814 or e-mail studaff@fas.harvard.edu.
Note: A completed application will not be approved if the student has an outstanding term bill.
A current mailing address outside of the Department must be included.
