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Billing Option 2: Your school is billed for a portion of your program fees, and you are billed for the rest.
The two most common arrangements are: (1) Only tuition is billed through your school, and all other fees are billed to you directly; or (2) you pay CIEE the Participation Confirmation fee, but all other fees are billed through your school. (These are the most common, however, there are a number of different “split bill” configurations.)
Waiting on Financial Aid? If you are unable to pay your fees by the payment due date listed on your invoice because you are waiting on financial aid from your home school, you MUST complete a CIEE Financial Aid Deferral Request Form. You may submit the deferral request at any time, but it should be received at CIEE no later than the payment due date listed on your invoice. This form does require certification from your home school financial aid office, so please be sure to allow enough time for them to complete their portion of the form.
Prefer to pay your fees in installments? If you are not anticipating financial aid for your time abroad, but would like to pay your fees in installments (or if your financial aid doesn’t cover the full amount of your bill), you may also apply for the CIEE Standard Payment Plan. This payment plan option will allow you to pay your balance in three payments (50%, 25%, and 25%), and costs an additional $100 processing fee (due with your first 50% installment). The Standard Payment plan option is not available for summer or winter term program participants.
If you receive an invoice and believe that your school should be paying the fee, please contact your school’s study abroad office to verify their billing arrangements for your program. If they tell you that they should be receiving the bill, please have them contact the CIEE Manager, Billing and Registration at 1-800-40-STUDY to clarify the situation—this contact/explanation must come directly from your school in order for any changes to be made, and you will be held responsible for any fees for which you are billed directly unless your school notifies CIEE otherwise.