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When considering the quarter you plan to apply for admission, please note that the International Admissions Office is currently managing a high volume of applications. At this time, Admissions is processing complete applications within 15 business days (3 weeks). Applications that are submitted but are missing required documents or information may take longer than 15 business days to review. In order to avoid processing delays, check your admission application carefully. Be sure that you have provided a complete home country address, and that the name on the financial support documents matches the name of the sponsor. Finally, be sure that your bank statements are in English or have been translated into English.
Other factors that may affect your planning are visa processing times and whether an emergency visa appointment could be available to you. We encourage you to check the website for the U.S. embassy or consulate where you plan to apply for your F-1 visa to learn if or how you may be affected.
To apply for admission to Seattle Colleges, international students must submit an online application, which includes completing a questionnaire, uploading all necessary documents, and paying the required $50 application fee by debit/credit card. Admission applications can be submitted up to five quarters/15 months in advance.
Reminder: Applicants who hold a U.S. passport, green card, immigrant visa, certain non-immigrant visas, or special immigrant categories should not apply as international students. Please review our guidelines to check whether you should apply via one of our Resident Admission Offices.
Application Portal
To start an online admission application, you must first create an account. By creating an account, you can save your entries, log in and log out at any time, and complete your online application at your own pace.
If you are a student applying for admission without the help of an education agency and you would like to start a new online admission application, create a student account. If you already have a student account and would like to continue or access an online admission application you already started, log in. Only official, approved partners of Seattle Colleges may submit an admission application on a student's behalf. If you are not an approved agent/advisor, find out how to become a partner. If you are unsure of your partner status, contact IntlPartners@seattlecolleges.edu. If you would like to start a new online application and this is your first time using this portal, create an agent/advisor account. If you already have an agent/advisor account for this portal and you would like to continue or access an online admission application you already started, log in.STUDENTS applying on their own
EDUCATION AGENTS/ADVISORS helping students apply for admission
Completed applications are normally processed within 15 business days. If information is missing or needs to be clarified, applicants will be notified via email.
If you are unable to create an account or log in to the portal, contact IntlAdmissions@seattlecolleges.edu.
Legacy Campus-Based Applications
Legacy campus-based applications for North Seattle College, Seattle Central College, and South Seattle College have been decommissioned.
If you completed an admission application via one of our legacy campus-based portals in the past, contact IntlAdmissions@seattlecolleges.edu if you need assistance with one of the following tasks:
- Accessing acceptance materials
- Deferring enrollment to a later quarter
- Providing proof of English and/or math proficiency
- Pre-registering for first quarter classes
- Submitting a Returning Student admission application