All F-1 applicants whose native language is not English (Canada, United Kingdom, etc. withstanding) must take the TOEFL examination and make a 100 minimum for entrance into the Research Doctoral program.

United States Immigration regulations make it mandatory that persons entering the US on a student (F-1) visa show adequate resources for their seminary training. Therefore, you will need to provide a written certification from a bank or similar financial agency certifying you presently have on deposit in their savings account the minimal requirement for one year of study at the seminary for a single or a married student. This proof of financial support/financial statement must be notarized.

• Single student: $20,000
• Student with family (spouse and/or children): $30,000

If you cannot show the amount required in your account, you may have someone write an affidavit of support and have the document notarized. This document must be the original and not sent via email. There can be more than one person providing a notarized affidavit of support for you. The support must total the amount required. Send to our office the original notarized document(s) along with the accompanying notarized bank statement(s).

Present evidence that you have earned a degree which is the equivalent of the Master of Divinity degree or a Master of Arts degree offered in American colleges and universities. Please have your academic records and transcripts evaluated by World Education Services, Inc. (www.wes.org). You can contact them for the needed information and necessary forms. World Education Services, Inc. charges a fee for this evaluation. Please request that World Education Services, Inc. forward directly to the seminary a document-by-document copy of the evaluation of your master's degree transcript.

All official undergraduate and graduate transcripts should be uploaded to the application or mailed to the following address.

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
Research Doctoral Office
3939 Gentilly Blvd. Box 440
New Orleans, LA 70126
United States

Provide a copy of your passport as well as copies of the passport of your spouse and each child, if they are coming with you. You will also need to provide both your present United States address as well as your permanent address from your country of citizenship in the application.

All F-1 Visa students are required to maintain full-time status through consistent registration as well as on-campus attendance for one seminar per semester. According to federal law, if you plan to live off campus, you must live within 75 miles of the main campus.