What is Included
Your AFS Exchange fee includes…
- Round-trip international travel between Auckland and your host country.
- Travel to and from your host family's city or town at the begining and end of your programme.
- Comprehensive secondary medical insurance. AFS also offers participants and their families an optional travel benefits package, administered through a third party.
- A stylish AFS participant teeshirt.
- Two iconic yellow AFS luggage tags.
- A travel wallet from Orbit Travel to help you keep your tickets, passport, insurance ant other important travel documents organised during your journey.
- Professional assistance with the application process.
- Placement with a carefully selected volunteer host family who will provide you room, board, and guidance. Your host family will also arrange a way for you to get to and from your school or community service project each day.
- Placement with a host school or community service organisation. For programs that don’t include school, refer to the program description for other covered activities.
- Orientations prior to departure and after arrival, including room and board during multi-day orientations that occur throughout the program. This may be anywhere between a few nights to a few weeks stay, depending on the program.
- Orientation materials available prior to departure and durring your exchange from your online 'Participant Portal'.
- Arrival orientation materials in your host country.
- Visa application information and assistance.
- Host family selection and placement.
- Enrolment at the school you will attend in your host country.
- Access to a support network of AFS professional staff and trained volunteers, at home and in your host country.
- Emergency assistance when you need it 24-hour - 7 days a week - 365 days a year.
When you return to New Zealand…
- Re-entry orientation pack to help with settling back into NZ life.
- Optional re-entry orientation consultation
- An official AFS Programme Completion Certificate
- Induction into the AFS New Zealand Alumni including access to exclusive Alumni Benefits and Discounts.