For Internationals

PLP International Spouses had professional careers prior to arriving at Stanford. Many have graduate degrees in science, engineering, medicine, business, and/or education.

Our community contacts are volunteers who donate time to share their professional experience with these international visitors.

To participate in this one-on-one contact program

• Applying for the Professional Liaison Program is easy. PLP applicants are accepted throughout the year.
• Applicants must be proficient in English, be unable to work in the U.S. due to visa status, and have no existing local contacts in his/her professional field.
• Fill in an online application Application for Professional Liaison Program or pick up a hard copy application at the Bechtel International Center upstairs reception desk. If available, a resume should be attached for the purpose of acquainting the local professional contact with your career background.
• Return your completed PLP application to the upstairs reception desk at the Bechtel International or submit it online to: PLP@CCISstanfordU.org

The PLP Coordinator will review your application then contact you to arrange a meeting, first with you and then with the professonal contact person.

For CCIS Volunteers

Becoming a professional contact is easy and generally involves meeting with an international applicant to answer questions the applicant might have about a profession.

To participate in the one-on-one contact program

• Professional Liaison applicants from Internationals are accepted throughout the year, but the vast majority of students arrive mid-August to the end of September when classes begin.
• The PLP Coordinator will review each completed PLP application and conduct an informal interview with the applicant to ascertain the level of English communication and meeting objectives. The coordinator will then search the list of CCIS volunteers who have offered to help with PLP for a professional contact in the applicant’s field of interest.
• If you are the volunteer selected, the coordinator will contact you to establish the time frame and location most convenient for a meeting, after sharing some background about the applicant. At this point the coordinator will provide contact information to you and the applicant and ask you to set up a meeting.  The coordinator will ask to be informed of the meeting, and will follow up with calls/e-mails to obtain feedback and to thank you for your time.