{"id":5774,"date":"2017-07-22T08:19:13","date_gmt":"2017-07-22T12:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/international-students\/new-students\/supporting-documents\/proof-of-funding\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T16:20:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:20:29","slug":"proof-of-funding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/international-students\/new-students\/supporting-documents\/proof-of-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Proof of Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To obtain a Form I-20 or DS-2019, students must show they have sufficient financial support to cover their academic costs of attendance at Georgetown Law and minimum living expenses for the Washington, D.C. area. All estimated expenses provided by International Student Services at Georgetown Law are for immigration purposes only. The estimates are meant to assist with issuing your Form I-20 or Form DS-2019 and to help prepare your financial documentation needed to obtain the F-1 or J-1 visa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Expenses represent tuition, books, Georgetown Premier Plan health insurance, transportation, and basic living and personal expenses for the Washington, DC area detailed on the Georgetown Law <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/financial-aid\/tuition-cost-of-attendance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"cx_external_link\"><span class=\"cx_external_hyperlink\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tuition &amp; Cost of Attendance<\/span><\/span><span class=\"visually_hide\">(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><span class=\"cx_external_icon\"><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> page.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For F-1 status, expenses are estimated for the first academic year of program study (August 2026 \u2013 May 2027 for most students, July 2026 \u2013 May 2027 for LL.M. Summer Experience students). Estimates after May 2027 are not included.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For J-1 status, expenses are estimated for the entire length of program study.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If bringing a spouse and\/or child(ren) to the United States while studying at Georgetown Law, additional basic living expenses will be calculated for each dependent seeking F-2 or J-2 status.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>If you are returning from a leave of absence or in a degree program that only requires one semester of study at Georgetown Law, please email <a href=\"mailto:lawcentervisa@georgetown.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"cx_external_link\"><span class=\"cx_external_hyperlink\">lawcentervisa@georgetown.edu<\/span><span class=\"visually_hide\">(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><span class=\"cx_external_icon\"><\/span><\/a> for your estimated expenses and Form I-20 or Form DS-2019 program dates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To obtain a Form I-20 or DS-2019, students must show they have sufficient financial support to cover their academic costs of attendance at Georgetown Law and minimum living expenses for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"parent":5768,"menu_order":94,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-5774","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5774"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11000,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5774\/revisions\/11000"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/admissions-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}