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Students may miss upto 10 days (5/semester) to travel with Host Family. YFU students are NOT PERMITTED to miss school unless traveling with their Host Family. YFU Permission to Travel Forms are required when: Host Parents and the YFU student should complete the Permission to Travel form, notify your Area Rep as to the dates and destination of your travel prior to submitting the travel form to the District Office. SEE BELOW FOR OUSIDE US TRAVEL. YFU sponsored trips: Students & Host Families must coordinate these trips with the tour company (Explore America) No Permission to Travel Form is necessary for these trips. Please Contact your Area Rep with questions. School sponsored trips: Students traveling with school groups must complete a Travel Permission Form Complete all sections that apply to the trip Submit completed forms to the Area Rep. The Area Rep will, in turn, submit the travel form to District Office. Please contact your Area Rep with questions. Students are not permitted to miss school unless traveling with their Host Family 5 days/semester. (This means ANYONE, Natural Parents as well) |
TRAVEL OUTSIDE THE US
Please keep in mind if you are planning on going outside the US, your student will need to send away to the National YFU USA Office attn: Margie Ott, YFU USA , 6400 Goldsboro Road # 100 Bethesda, Maryland 20817 to get the program officer's signature on their DS2019 form (separate paper in their passport) in order to return to the United States. They would be detained for a considerable period of time w/o that signature and advance planning. Plus submit the Travel Form to the District Office. If you are considering this, you would need to send a $10 check (DO NOT SEND CASH) w/ their DS2019 address above plus it is a good idea to photocopy the DS2019 prior to sending it to Margie.. They will FedEx it back to you with that necessary signature. Two wks is the reasonable turn around time. For Mexico info., you may find this website helpful. From left top menu, click on visas then on tourist visa, scroll down to bottom of page. http://portal.sre.gob.mx/chicago/index.php?Itemid=1