If your home institute will be paying for you to attend SEAFLI (i.e., paying your tuition), please review the following procedures:
To create a third-party payment, the UW-Madison Bursar’s office needs a letter of authorization from your home institute. You will need to have your home institute send the following information on department or university letterhead:
- Your Name
- Your University of Wisconsin-Madison Student ID number
- The duration of sponsorship
- For SEAFLI summer 2025, the dates are June 16th – August 10th, 2025
- For SEAFLI fall 2025, the dates are coming soon
- Amount to be invoiced
- A contact name and address for your home institute
- How payment will be made (check or wire transfer)
- *Special invoice instructions (where and who the invoice must be addressed to)
The letter of authorization should be forwarded immediately to thirdparty@bussvc.wisc.edu. If the home institute’s letter of authorization is received before the tuition and fee bill is generated, the amount of charges deferred to a third-party sponsor is indicated on the bill.
*Have your home institute copy SEAFLI at seafli@lpo.wisc.edu when sending the letter.
Once your home institute has completed these steps, you can log on to your MyUW account (opens in new tab) and select the Financial tab to view your Tuition and Fee Student Account activity; you should be able to determine that your charges have been deferred to a third party sponsor for payment. Please allow a minimum of five business days for processing.
If your home institute is not paying the entire tuition and fee cost, you must pay the remaining balance before the tuition due date to avoid a late payment fee.
PLEASE NOTE: If the home institute’s authorization is not received prior to the tuition due date, you will be held responsible for payment of the late payment fee.
Once the authorization has been received, a third-party deferral is applied to the student’s account. The third-party invoice will be issued by approximately mid-July for the summer semester and mid-September for the fall semester. The home institute needs to notify the University of Wisconsin-Madison in writing should a student be removed from sponsorship.
If you have any additional questions, please contact SEAFLI via email at seafli@lpo.wisc.edu.