You may connect with an HIO Advisor through daily virtual advisor on call sessions, office hours with your HIO advisor, or by making an appointment. Please contact your HIO advisor directly for more information, or email internationaloffice@harvard.edu.

Daily, Virtual Drop-in Hours with the HIO:

An HIO Advisor-on-Call will be available via Zoom Monday – Friday from 9:00 -10:00am and 4:00 - 5:00pm Eastern Time, excluding holidays. This service is offered via Zoom on a first-come, first-serve basis, and is intended for multiple international students and scholars with quick questions. To access the Advisor-on-Call waiting room during these times, please use the meeting link below:

Meeting Link

If you would like to set up a regular 30-minute appointment to speak with the HIO Advisor for your School or Department, you may make an appointment online or contact your HIO Advisor directly.

School Specific Office Hours:

Some HIO advisors hold drop in office hours during the academic year for their advising populations. If your HIO advisor does not have office hours posted below, you may use the HIO general office hours above, contact your HIO advisor directly via email, or book an appointment.

Harvard Kennedy School

HIO Advisor for HKS, Leah Boccaccio, will hold weekly in-person office hours for HKS students and scholars every Thursday from 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM during the Fall 2024 semester.

Please stop by the Sunshine Lobby - Wexner Building W-1C6 (no appointment needed) on the following days:

• October 31
• November 7
• November 14
• November 21
• No office hours on November 28 due to the Thanksgiving holiday
• December 5
• December 12

Harvard Law School

Peter O’Meara, HIO Advisor for HLS, holds remote office hours for HLS students and scholars via Zoom every Thursday from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. on the following dates during the Spring, 2024 semester.  Please feel free to log on to see Peter with immigration-related questions.

Zoom link
Pass code: 040455

• Thursday, January 25, 2024
• Thursday, February 1
• Thursday, February 8
• Thursday, February 15
• Thursday, February 22
• Thursday, February 29
• Thursday, March 7
• Thursday, March 14
• Thursday, March 21
• Thursday, March 28
• Thursday, April 4
• Thursday, April 11
• Thursday, April 18
• Thursday, April 25 
• Thursday, May 2
• Thursday, May 9
• Thursday, May 16
• Thursday, May 30
• Thursday, June 6
• Thursday, June 13
• Thursday, June 20

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Fall 2024 Office Hours with HIO Advisor Elizabeth Capuano will resume on Thursday, September 5, 2024 and will continue through December 20, 2024.

Monday – Friday – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Meeting Link

Office Hours will be cancelled on the following dates:

• Friday, October 24
• Monday, October 28
• Wednesday, October 30
• Wednesday, November 6
• Monday, November 11 (Veterans Day)
• Wednesday, November 13
• Monday, November 25 through Friday, November 29 (American Thanksgiving week)