So what happens next?

We have outlined the application and placement process for you below - so you know where you are in the whole scheme of things.

• Register at www.mycampamerica.com (online applications open mid-July and close in March or April)
• Log back in once you receive your password and fill in your Application for Interview form (if you don't get your email - and check your junk folder)
• Make your first payment online (or pay by internet banking) so that your application can be viewed by your interviewer. 
• Select an interviewer near you - email them a quick introduction
• Download the police check form and OT agreement and read the Terms and Conditions from our Downloads page- be sure to check the reference criteria
• Schedule your interview online and then confirm it
• Upload some activity photos and your portrait photo - Camps LOVE these - see our Top Photo Tips here
• Add in your referee details (two that meet the criteria)
• Attend your interview ensuring you take everything requested in your Interview Email (see messages in your www.mycampamerica.com page)

• Add more detail to your application form online as discussed with your interviewer 
• Finish uploading references and photos if you have not done so already - check out our Top Photo Tips!
• Add a video about yourself - this will dazzle the Camp Directors when they hear your Kiwi accent! Check out some application video examples on our YouTube Channel
• Once completed your application will be submitted via cyberspace to the UK and USA offices where it will be approved and then camps will start looking at it
• Keep checking your messages and status online
• Once placed the details of your camp will show online
• You will need to pay your last payment - medical insurance online
• Complete your Medical Form (from your www.mycampamerica.com site) and upload it
• IWH Travel will contact you regarding suggested flights - which you can change to allow for travel after camp etc
• Check with your camp about how to get from the nearest airport (which IWH Travel will know) to camp
• If your camp would like you to go to the Camp America Hotel in NJ make your hotel booking through your www.mycampamerica.com site after April
• Make your visa appointment
• Attend your visa interview
• Fly to camp!