As an international organization with 100+ years of history, all AFS offices have their strong host family and school network. Our experienced local staff will match you with the most suitable host family based on your profile, then you will be placed in a local school near your family. All AFS host families also went through home visits to make sure that they are suitable to host.

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AFS will make arrangement based on the year you take in Hong Kong, which means if you have already finished F.3 in Hong Kong, you are going to study grade 10 (Equal to F.4 in Hong Kong) there. Nevertheless host schools may be able to make adjustment based on your level and performance in specific subjects. This is a great chance for exchange students to try different subjects, find their interest and strength, which helps them to think about their future path.

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Of course it is difficult at first, but when you are living in a foreign language environment, learning language is much faster than in Hong Kong. Usually our exchange students could handle the basic local language around Christmas. To help exchange students in adapting, we, AFS office or volunteers, will also try to offer basic knowledge of the language before departure.

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No, as program date and location are closely related to complicated arrangement like VISA application, insurance, activity plan and program operation, AFS will arrange and purchase return air tickets for all exchange students, the start and end location of the program must also be Hong Kong.

No, as the objective for AFS program is education, we hope you could integrate into local life, make good use of your time to explore, build up relationships with local classmates, host family and volunteers, in this way you will gain the most from your experience.

We introduced all the procedure between application and departure on another page, please click here to visit. And no need to worry, AFS will host different briefings during the process and guilde you through different procedures. Our volunteers with also share their real experiences with you.

You will be picked up by AFS volunteer or staff at the airport, then you will join the orientation activities together with other AFS exchange students, get to know each other, understand the local culture and arrangement. After it you will be sent to your host family by volunteer.

No worries, there is AFS office in every exchange country, also AFS volunteers in all districts locally. Apart from that every exchange student will be assigned a support volunteer, who could provide advice and assistance. You will also have access to a 24-hour support hotline for contacting local AFS office staff when needed.