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Terms & Conditions

Course Confirmation and Payment:

All tuition and fees must be paid in full before you start classes at C.I.S.L. Upon receipt of your application and payment, we will send you a letter confirming your acceptance. Payment may be sent by any of the following: international money order, electronic bank transfer (wire transfer), or credit card (MasterCard or Visa only). We cannot process your application unless we receive your payment.

Bank Transfers:

Please include the student's name as part of the bank transfer information. Your payment must include the transfer fees charged by the bank. For more information please contact:

SF@CISL.edu for San Francisco school
SanDiego@CISL.edu for the San Diego school

F-1 Student Visa:

C.I.S.L. is authorized to issue a Certificate of Eligibility (Form I-20) to qualifying students for full-time study. The I-20 form is used when applying for a student visa (F-1) and will only be issued for the number of weeks that your tuition is paid. You can extend your courses at C.I.S.L. and a new I-20 will be issued. The Student Visa must be obtained at the U.S. Embassy in your home country before your departure. If you are denied a student visa, you will receive a refund of all prepaid tuition when you (i) give the school a copy of the denial letter from the U.S. Embassy, and (ii) return the original I-20 form issued by the school. If you require an I-20 form, you must provide C.I.S.L. with documents showing that you have enough money to pay for all of your tuition and living expenses while you are studying at C.I.S.L. Please send these documents with your application. These documents can be any one of the following:

Accommodations:

Accommodations are arranged beginning on the Sunday preceding your course and ending on the Saturday after your course is completed. Extra nights are available upon request. A deposit of $250 is required for all accommodations. If you cancel your accommodations after they have been confirmed, the deposit is not refundable. Please read the Refund Policy carefully. If you are requesting accommodations with a host family, please make flight reservations so that you don't arrive later than 21:30.

Course Extension:

You can extend your course after you arrive. The additional course fee must be paid in advance. You can pay the school directly or through your official C.I.S.L. representative in your country.

Airport Transfers:

Please send us your flight information as soon as possible. If you are requesting accommodations with a host family, please make flight reservations so that you don't arrive later than 21:30.

In San Diego: If you are staying with a host family, the airport transfer is free if you arrive between 9:00 and 21:30. Your host family will meet you at the airport. They will have a sign with your name. However, if you arrive between 8:00 and 17:00, Monday to Friday, please take a taxi directly to the school ($8). Your host family will come get you at the school. If you are staying at Vantaggio, please take a taxi ($12) to Vantaggio. A private greeting service is also available for $50 (one-way).

In San Francisco: Airport transfer is not included in the price. A greeting service and one-way transfer is available for $90. Please add $30 for arrivals between 22:00 and 7:00 or for arrivals on national holidays. You will be greeted by someone holding a sign with the school's name. You can also take one of the airport shuttle vans (approximately $20) or a taxi (approximately $45).

Insurance:

You must have medical insurance. If you do not have medical insurance, we can help you arrange for insurance.

Liability:

C.I.S.L., its staff and representatives will not be liable for loss, damage or injury to persons or property however caused, except where liability is expressly imposed beyond exclusion by statute.

2012 Holiday Schedule

Converse International School of languages is only closed on certain national holidays.
Except for private lessons, no credit or make-up time will be granted for lessons lost because of holidays.

Refund and Cancellation Policy

Registration Deposit: For all courses a $100.00 registration fee is required.

Tuition:

  • If you cancel your course prior to the first day of class, you will receive a full refund of all tuition charges minus your $100.00 deposit.
  • Except for course upgrades, if you change your course after the course begins you will be charged a $250 course change fee.
  • If you cancel your course after the start date of your classes, the first four weeks is not refundable.
  • If you cancel your course after the first four weeks and you stop your classes before you have completed 60% of your course, you will receive a pro-rated refund for the unused portion of the tuition. In addition, a fee equal to ten percent of the unused portion of the tuition will be deducted from your refund.
  • If you cancel your course after the first four weeks and you stop your classes after you have completed 60% of your course, you will not receive any refund.
  • If you cancel your course any time before completing the program for which you enrolled, the school is required by the U.S. laws to notify the immigration officials that you have dropped out of your course. In this case, you are not eligible to transfer to another school and the U.S. Immigration law requires that you leave the US within 15 days.
  • All tuition refund calculations are based upon minimum units of one week. This means that a refund is only effective as of the first Monday of the period you are canceling. Here is an example: If you tell the school on a Wednesday that you want to cancel your course immediately, the cancellation will only be effective as of the next Monday.
  • In the case of private lessons, one week prior notice is required to cancel your lessons. Here is an example: If you tell the school on a Tuesday that you want to cancel your private lessons, the cancellation will only be effective as of the following Tuesday and you will be charged for all of your scheduled private lessons from the day that you cancel (Tuesday) until the day that that your cancellation becomes effective (the next Tuesday).
  • If the school cancels or discontinues a course, the school will make a full refund of all tuition you have paid for that course.
  • The school does not participate in the State of California Student Tuition Recovery Fund.
Accommodations:
  • There is a $100 fee to change any accommodation after it has been confirmed.
  • If you cancel your accommodations less than 30 days before your scheduled check-in there is a $250 cancellation fee.
  • If you want cancel your accommodations after check-in, a thirty-day advance notice is required. If you do not give a thirty-day advance notice, you must pay for the accommodations for those thirty days.
Volunteer English Program Fee:
  • If you cancel your Volunteer English Program before the start date of your courses, the Volunteer English Program fee is refundable.
  • If you cancel your Volunteer English Program after the start date of your courses but before a Volunteer English Program placement has been found for you, there is a $300 cancellation fee.
  • If you cancel your Volunteer English Program after the start date of your course and after a Volunteer English Program has been found for you, the Volunteer English Program fee is not refundable. This rule will apply even if you have not started the Volunteer English Program.
Airport Pickup Fees: If you requested airport pickup, the airport pickup fee is not refundable unless you cancel the airport pickup in writing at least 10 days before your scheduled arrival.

Express Mail Charges: Express mail charges are not refundable.

Extension of Courses: If you extend your courses or accommodations, each extension shall be considered a new enrollment for purposes of this refund policy.

Payment of Refunds: Refunds will be paid within 30 calendar days of your request. To obtain a refund you must do all of the following:

  • Make a written request to the school;and
  • Return the original Form I-20 document issued to you by the school.
  • We can only pay refunds to the person or company from whom the funds originated.

Holidays: The school is only closed on certain national holidays. Except for private lessons, no credit or make-up time will be granted for lessons lost because of holidays.

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