Checklists, Pre-Departure and Upon Arrival

Housing Checklists

• Review policies and submit Housing Request Form (HRF)
• Pay the housing deposit
• Create a residential profile and indicate any requests for roommates
• Look for a confirmation email from the housing office
• Join our Facebook group – invitation included in your confirmation email
• Before booking air travel:
• Review the earliest and latest move-in/out dates
• Review airport pick-up hours of operation
• Submit the Arrival Information Form (flight details, date and time)
• Keep interacting within Facebook group searching for potential roommates
• Review initial roommate requests: anyone to add or change?
• Expect to receive our Welcome to JCU Housing Letter sent via email
• Online check-in, done prior to arrival: submit housing contract (link included in welcome letter)
• Review the Roman Housing Booklet
• Print useful documents: Arrival Survival Kit & Upon Arrival Procedures & Walking Directions to the Hilton Rome Airport Check-In Point
• Scan, save and print a copy of your passport and visa pages
• Packing: review our advice within the Roman Housing Booklet
• Familiarize yourself with JCU Housing Policies and Regulations. You will be responsible for these policies and regulations in JCU Housing.

• Clear customs and walk into the arrivals waiting area
• Meet the JCU representatives and make your way, by foot, to the Hilton Rome Airport  (7 minutes skywalk). Click here for more precise walking directions.
• Make your way to JCU’s assigned conference room: ‘Salone Degli Imperatori’
• Provide a CLEAR copy of passport and visa
• Receive the keys to your assigned apartments
• Receive apartment maps with directions
• Be aware of your assigned time for the Mandatory Housing Workshop
• Review your Resident Assistant’s Letter for the time and place of your mandatory meeting
• Be shuttled to your assigned apartment
• Review the conditions and provisions in your apartment and submit the provided ‘Housing Inventory Sheet’ to the Housing Office
• Attend the Mandatory Housing Workshop
• Attend the mandatory meeting with your assigned Resident Assistant
• Discuss the Resident Agreement with your new roommates
• Confirm yourself for your RA’s neighborhood tour for the following day – don’t make evening or travel plans during orientation weekend.