Office of the Registrar - Florida International University

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) - Cashier
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How and When Do I Pay for my Courses?

The last day to pay is printed on your class schedule and tuition bill. If you are on Financial Aid, and your tuition exceeds your Financial Aid award. You must pay your portion by the Last day to Pay in order to avoid having
your classes dropped and a late payment fee charged.

Where Do I Pay My Fees?

You may pay your fees at the Cashier's Office on either Campus. At the University Park Campus in PC 120; or at the Biscayne Bay Campus in ACI 140. for your convenience there are Night Deposit boxes located just outside of the Cashier's Offices on either campus. You may also mail your payments to:

Florida International University
Cashier's Office - PC 120
University Park, Miami, FL 33199

How Do I Make My Payment?

You may pay with cash, personal check, cashiers check, money order or travelers checks. We do not accept foreign currency or foreign checks. Money orders and travelers checks must be drawn on a stateside bank. You must put your student number and current address on the face of all checks and money orders. Credit cards are not accepted at our counters. For your safety, you should not put cash in the night deposit boxes. The University will not be responsible for cash left in the night deposits.

What If I Am Using a Fee Waiver to Pay for My Classes?

Read your waiver carefully and understand the limitations of the waiver. If you have any questions stop by or call one of our offices and we will be glad to explain to you the conditions of your waiver. You must turn in the original copy of your waiver form with your payment. If no payment is due, you must turn in the original copy of the waiver form by the last day to pay fees. Waivers will not hold your classes if your portion is not paid and a lave fee is accessed if your portion is not paid by last day to pay.

How Do I Validate My Schedule?

We have automated our validation process effective Spring Term 1998. This means that you will no longer have to visit the Bursar's Office and stand in line to validate your class schedule each term. Acceptance of your Financial Aid Package constitutes acceptance of the Auto Validation process. If you do not want your classes you must drop them prior to the published end of the Drop/Add period. If you fail to drop unwanted classes, you will be held fee liable for them.

You will be required to pay any difference between the total amount of your award and the total cost of your tuition and fees. You can calculate this by subtracting the current amount due from the total amount of your accepted Financial Aid awards, excluding Federal Work Study (FWS), for each term. You will be automatically validated if your calculation indicates that:

Your award amount exceeds the amount of the current fees due. Your award amount is equal to the amount of the current fees due.

If your calculation indicates that your award amount does NOT meet or exceed your current fees due, you will be required to pay the difference before your class schedule will be automatically validated.

It is your responsibility to monitor your total award amount and your total fee amount. If you drop or add classes you will have to repeat the above calculation to see if additional liability has been incurred. Under no circumstances will you be automatically validated if your portion is not fully paid. The penalty for not paying your portion by the last day to pay fees each term is the same for all students: your registration will be cancelled for non-payment of fees, you will be required to appeal for reinstatement of your classes during the published reinstatement period, and you will be held liable for all late fees.

What If I forget to Pay Or Have My Schedule Validated?

All of your courses will be cancelled. You will have to register again and pay the late fees.

What Can I Do If My Courses Are Canceled?

You must go through the reinstatement process and is approved, a $100.00 late fee will be accessed.

How Do I Get Reinstated?

You go to the Bursar's Office on either campus and fill out an Appeal for Reinstatement. If approved, be prepared to pay your balance due plus $100.00 reinstatement fee. Your schedule will be reinstated exactly as it was when you were canceled. This must be done before the last day to reinstate deadline.

How Do I Know What The Deadlines Are?

The deadline dates for fees appear in a number of university publications on our website (http://www.fiu.edu/~cashiers). Among the publications are the University catalog when you register on your schedule. Pay close attention to all deadlines. Failure to meet them can cost you money or cause you to lose all of your classes.

What If I Am In The Florida Prepaid Program?

Florida Prepaid does not cover the local fees. You will be responsible for paying these fees by the last day to pay fees.

What Are Your Hours Of Operation?

Student Financials and Cashier's/ Bursar's Office are open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Monday - Friday; except on specific deadline dates which hours are 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.

What are your telephone numbers?

University Park General (305) 348-2126
Biscayne Bay Campus General (305) 919-5540
Financial Aid Disbursement (305) 348-2126
Refunds-Biscayne Bay Campus (305) 919-5540

What If I Am Due a Refund?

Your refund is processed automatically. Refunds are run several times each term. Your check will be mailed to the local address in the student records system. Make sure that you keep your address current at all times with the Registrar's Office