Visiting Students

Many Medical Students choose to become a visiting student to engage in a medical elective at SUNY Upstate Medical University that might not be offered at their home school, or because they are interested in SUNY Upstate as a possible employer for their medical residency.  Please click on the visiting student procedures link to obtain procedures and application forms to become a visiting student at Upstate.

Find Visiting Student Procedures and Application Forms on the website of the Upstate: REGISTRAR

Letters of Invitation and Support

Letters of invitation and support used to obtain a B1 or B2 visitor visa, are available to international visiting students who have already been accepted as a visiting student at SUNY Upstate, by sending an email request to:

• Jennifer Abbott, International Student Advisor abbottjh@upstate.edu

The email request should include the following information:

• Visting student name and email address
• Country of citizenship
• Country where the visitor visa application will be made.
• Name and address of foreign medical school in which they are enrolled
• SUNY Upstate Faculty Sponsor’s Name and Department
• SUNY Upstate course code and title of elective
• Dates of attendance  
• Instructions for how they would like to receive the letter, by mail, fax, scanned email attachment, etc.