Before You Go

Upon receiving approval for your global opportunity, you will need to gather the following documents:

• Photo page of your passport
• Flight itinerary
• Proof of medical insurance*

*Medical insurance:
Students travelling abroad on a semester exchange or summer abroad opportunity - you must purchase the medical insurance offered by your educational institution abroad.
Students travelling abroad on an international work experience - you must prove that you have medical insurance for the full duration of your time abroad.
If travelling to your home country, please prove that you have health care coverage, either in the form of universal health care or health insurance.
If travelling to a country not your own or if travelling for more than 180 days, please purchase MorCare's out-of-province travel insurance and provide proof of purchase.

Complete and submit the Pre-departure Form.

Use Seneca File Transfer Services to upload and send the supporting documents from Step 1 to global.learning@senecapolytechnic.ca.

Upon receipt of your pre-departure form and documents, we will send you an email to confirm that you have completed the pre-departure process. This email will contain a Pre-departure Checklist.

The Checklist contains important information pertaining to travel, including who to contact at Seneca in the case of an emergency, what to consider when travelling (e.g. legality of prescribed medications, ability to re-enter Canada, etc.) and our expectations of you as a representative of Seneca abroad.

You must review and complete the Checklist before departure.