Transfer Checklist

To log into your UC Irvine Applicant Portal, you must first activate your UCInetID. You received an email in December with the information required to activate your UCInetID, which is your key to many online services at UC Irvine. Activate yours now.

Your admission status update will be available on your UC Irvine Applicant Portal homepage when it's released.

Your admission to UC Irvine for fall 2025 is provisional and subject to your admission conditions. Please access and read your contract in your portal before submitting your Statement of Intent to Register (SIR). Submitting a positive SIR and accepting your offer of admission certifies that you understand and comply with all of the conditions of your provisional admission contract.

Log into ZotAid to view and accept any financial aid or UC Irvine scholarship offers you may have received if you completed the Federal Student Aid FAFSA or California Dream Act application by the March 3 deadline.

You will need to have an activated UCInetID to access ZotAid.

Please note, ZotAid may currently take up to 3 days to become available.

We encourage you to join us for an in-person, live stream, self-guided, or virtual tour to get a sense for our campus environment. You can find all options here.

Accept your offer of admission by submitting your Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) in your Applicant Portal by June 1.

Your SIR and a nonrefundable $250 deposit (if requested) is the key to reserving your space at UC Irvine. If you don’t see a request for a deposit fee, then you qualify for a deposit waiver based on the information submitted with your UC application. Accept your offer of admission here.

If you plan to live on campus, you must submit your SIR and housing application by June 2. Your SIR must be submitted prior to your housing application.

Transfer students enrolling for fall 2025 will be guaranteed two years of on-campus housing if the Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) is completed by June 1 and a housing application is completed by June 2, 2025. Housing contracts must be completed by the stated deadline, and students must live on campus the first year to qualify for guaranteed housing in the second year. Please be advised, the housing application can take 24 hours to become available after submitting your positive SIR.

Learn more about applying for housing and the options available to you here. 

Make sure to stay up to date with your personalized pending tasks on your Applicant Portal homepage.

Official college or university transcripts, as well as all official test scores such as AP, IB must be sent to the UC Irvine Office of Undergraduate Admissions. We primarily accept documents electronically. Please find a list of vendors and methods here.

• Official transcripts from all colleges and universities must be received by July 1, 2025.
• If you are attending summer session, an official transcript is still required by July 1 showing all coursework through spring 2025. 
• All AP/IB test scores must be received by July 15, 2025. 
  • AP Exams Note: Each summer, College Board closes for several weeks and delays sending AP scores paid for during that time. Please send your AP scores before July 1 to avoid a delay in UC Irvine receiving your scores.
• Official college transcripts for courses taken during summer 2025 must be received by September 15, 2025.

Failure to submit official documents by the above deadlines may result in an admission hold on your record and an eventual rescinding of your admission offer.

International students are encouraged to request official transcripts as soon as possible to avoid delays.

Admitted students planning to drop a course or who receive a D/F grade during their winter or spring term should review their Admitted Provisional Contract under the “Conditions” tab in their portal. If the course is listed in your transfer conditions or it is needed to meet the minimum requirements, it can affect your admission offer.

Admitted students must notify our office about these changes by submitting the “Update to Conditioned Courses” form in the home page of their portal. At this time, we are unable to provide a final decision about your admission offer until all required documents have been reviewed by our office.

Transfer students are required to meet with their academic advisor before registering for courses. You will receive an email mid-summer with information about and instructions to register for your academic advising session.

The CFS form will be submitted through your Applicant Portal.

You will need an F-1/J-1 student visa to study in the U.S. If you do not have a visa status that allows you to attend school in the U.S., a visa document will enable you to apply for an F-1/J-1 student visa. If you are already in the U.S. with a student visa status, you must request a visa document from UC Irvine.

Go to your Applicant Portal account to access the CFS. Follow the instructions to complete the CFS form as soon as possible. Obtain required signatures with dates, and upload the signed financial documents, including current bank letter/proof of funding at: http://admissions.uci.edu/portal.

If you live outside of the U.S. and need to obtain a F-1 or J-1 student visa, you must also: 

1. Know that once your CFS, financial documents, and passport biographical page have been received and verified as complete, the International Center will process and electronically send you your F-1/J-1 visa document via Docusign.
2. Apply for the F-1/J-1 student visa. Students without an F-1/J-1 visa need to apply for one. After you receive your I-20/ DS-2019 visa document, you may apply for an F-1/J-1 visa. Visit the U.S. Department of State website.

If you are currently in the U.S. and have an F-1 or J-1 visa, you must also: 

1. Transfer your SEVIS record to UC Irvine for your new program. If you hold an active SEVIS record, request its release from your current school to UC Irvine using the SEVIS Record Transfer to UCI form. Follow instructions carefully to avoid processing delays.
2. Once your CFS, financial documents, and passport biographical page have been received and verified as complete and your SEVIS record has been released to UC Irvine from your current school, the International Center will process and electronically send you your F-1/J-1 visa document via Docusign.

If you live in the U.S. and plan to change to F-1/J-1 visa status, you must also:  

• Plan to travel outside of the U.S. for an F-1/J-1 visa, or you must file a change of status application with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

As a new F-1/J-1 international student, you must complete the International Center Visa Check-In process within 5 days of the fall quarter start date. iNavigateUCI, the International Center’s electronic visa check-in process, is mandatory for all new international students. It reports your arrival to the Department of Homeland Security and 'activates' your SEVIS record. For more information, click here.

Learn more about the International Center and the programs it offers at the International Center website.

While most transfers do not need to take placement tests, some courses may require them. You are encouraged to work with your academic counselor during your required academic advising session to determine if you are required to take any placement tests. You may also visit the Academic Testing Center’s website for more information.

High School Transcripts

Transfer students are not required to submit official high school transcripts, unless otherwise stated. However, some courses taken during high school can be used to fulfill UC Irvine General Education requirements (e.g., Language other than English, American History and Institutions.) We highly recommend submitting an official high school transcript if you believe any of those requirements can be satisfied with high school coursework. 

IGETC

IGETC certifications are not required by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. However, if you have fully or partially completed IGETC and would like to use it to satisfy UC Irvine general education requirements, your school administration or counselor can submit the official certification to the UC Irvine Office of Undergraduate Admissions.

Transfer Student Parent Orientation Program, or TSPOP, is the orientation program for transfer students. All incoming transfers are required to complete an online TSPOP orientation. Mini-TSPOP and TSPOP are additional, optional and highly encouraged new student orientation programs held in-person on UC Irvine’s campus. Mini-TSPOPs are one-day orientation programs and TSPOP is a 2-day, 1-night overnight program. TSPOP happens simultaneously with SPOP, which is our 2-day, 1-night orientation program for our new first year students. It’s a great opportunity to meet both other transfers and first year students. During these orientation sessions, you will meet current and other new students and learn about campus resources available to you as a UC Irvine student. Academic advising will be hosted separately by your academic school. You will be contacted directly by your school to schedule your advising session and course registration. Transfer students who accept their offer of admission by submitting a positive Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) will receive information in the following few weeks about how they can register for Mini-TSPOP or TSPOP.

• Transfer Boost provides incoming transfer students with a series of helpful workshops, events, and coaching to help support the transition to UC Irvine. It includes weekly workshops, connections to campus resources, access to success coaching with Transfer Student Center counselors, and mentorship from Transfer Peer Educators. Transfer Boost is open to all incoming transfer students. There is no cost to participate.

• Summer Session - Summer is a great time to learn! UC Irvine Summer Session makes it possible for students to make progress toward their degree year-round. Choose from over 800 courses across 70 academic disciplines, including an extensive selection of online classes, general education requirement classes, and coursework for your major or minor. For Summer Session 2025, all UC students who enroll in 8 or more units will pay for only 8 units in per unit course fees.

If you took courses at a college or university, official transcripts from those schools are required. Please let us know as soon as possible if you have enrolled at a college or university not originally listed in your application. If you completed college coursework in the summer 2025 term you must send us an official transcript with your summer grades by September 15, 2025.

Your ZOT account is the portal for fees and credits assessed to your school account. Check your account to see your registration fees and other charges, as well as any financial aid, waivers, or payments credited to your account.

Payments can be made: 

• Electronically via e-check or Credit Card (non-refundable fee will apply when using a credit card), *Payments made online through CashNet, credit to your ZOT account immediately*, or 
• By check or money order/cashier’s check
• International Student payments can be made through Flywire or Western Union, the UCI portal for each can be reached at fs.uci.edu/payments/international-payments.php
  

Newly admitted students must adhere to the University of California’s immunization requirement. Review and learn more about completing the immunization requirements before submitting your Statement of Intent to Register (SIR).

Applicants who submit their SIR must complete the UC Immunization Requirement by October 22 or an academic hold may be placed on your account by the Student Health Center.

UC Irvine uses digital student IDs and you will need to create yours before beginning your first quarter using the ZotKey app. More information will be emailed to you over the summer.

To log into your Applicant Portal, you must activate your UCInetID. 

Visit the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships website to access your financial aid files through ZotAid. This is where you’ll find and accept any financial aid or UC Irvine scholarship awards.

The ZOT Account system is a smart way to check your tuition and fees payment status. This is also where you’ll access CASHNet to pay your UC Irvine tuition and fees.

PACE is a payment plan that lets you spread the costs of your registration fees over the quarter, in three monthly installments. Just remember to apply for a new PACE Plan Agreement each quarter and activate it by paying your entire first installment.