Travel gear, luggage, and packing lists for every kind of trip.
Passport wallets & locks
TravelonZip folder for passport bio page copies, insurance card, visa or entry paperwork, the housing booking, and a spare passport photo.
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Why it gets packed
2–8 weeks · Required
Carry-on. Printed arrival instructions, the insurance card, and the acceptance letter. Email yourself scans too, because phones die at the airport.
12–16 weeks · Required
Carry-on. Student visa paperwork, printed arrival instructions, the insurance card, and the housing contract. Spanish offices want paper, in order; email yourself scans too.
2–8 weeks · Required
Acceptance letter, codice fiscale paperwork if the program asked, and the insurance card. Italian desks like paper.
2–8 weeks · Required
Acceptance letter, GHIC or insurance card, and the housing email printed once. UK desks still ask for paper at 9 a.m.
2–8 weeks · Required
Convention d'accueil, insurance card, and a copy of the passport bio page. Prefecture energy, even on a summer session.
12–16 weeks · Required
Residence card paperwork, the Certificate of Eligibility copy, insurance, and the university letter. Japanese desks want the stack in order.
12–16 weeks · Required
Alien registration paperwork, the university letter, and insurance. Korean admin buildings still want the paper stack.
12–16 weeks · Required
Visa grant notice, acceptance letter, OSHC details if the university already sold you cover, and a passport copy.
10–14 days · Required
Passport, insurance card, the faculty emergency sheet, and the printed hotel list the professor emailed twice.
