Helpful Websites
Association for Safe International Road Travel
The Association for Safe International Road Travel (ASIRT) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that promotes global road safety through education, advocacy, and targeted road safety projects in low and middle income countries. ASIRT fosters and partners with road safety non-governmental organizations in focus countries.
Overseas Security Advisory Council
The Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) is a Federal Advisory Committee with a United States Government Charter to promote security cooperation between American business and private sector interests worldwide and the United States Department of State. OSAC currently encompasses the 34-member core Council, an Executive Office, over 100 Country Councils, and more than 3,500 constituent member organizations and 372 associates.
The Center for Global Education
The Student Study Abroad Handbook provides resources and preparation tips for students considering study abroad. The General and Country-Specific Handbooks should help you ask the right questions and find helpful resources for international study and travel.
Exchange Rate
Learn the current exchange rate for the country you are traveling to.
International Travel Information
The mission of the Bureau of Consular Affairs is to protect the lives and interests of American citizens overseas and to strengthen United States border security. Consular work is about touching people’s lives in a thousand different ways every day. We deal with events and issues that have a personal impact: birth, death, marriage, adoption, child custody, citizenship, and relocation to another country.
Customs
New travel document requirements are now in effect. If you arrive in the United States by land or sea, you will need one of six approved documents. Learn more about this initiative and about making your border crossing more efficient.
Transportation Security Administration
We are your neighbors, friends and relatives. We are 50,000 security officers, inspectors, directors, air marshals and managers who protect the nation's transportation systems so you and your family can travel safely. We look for bombs at checkpoints in airports, we inspect rail cars, we patrol subways with our law enforcement partners, and we work to make all modes of transportation safe.
Information regarding where you are traveling to
Additional travel ideas, tips, and deals.
CDC
Welcome to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For over 60 years, CDC has been dedicated to protecting health and promoting quality of life through the prevention and control of disease, injury, and disability. We are committed to programs that reduce the health and economic consequences of the leading causes of death and disability, thereby ensuring a long, productive, healthy life for all people.
First Aid information
Mayo Clinic First Aid information to help you during a medical emergency.