Moving to the US?
You won’t do it alone.
Borderly gives international students a dedicated advisor — by message, phone and video — from before you fly until housing, banking, your phone, your SSN and campus are sorted.
Change your mind within 7 days for a full refund. Or $29 a month with a 6-month minimum, renewing until you cancel.
Your advisor
Replies the same working day
An example conversation. Your real advisor replies personally, about your situation.
Why Borderly
Your first month decides how the next four years start.Nobody tells you the order things happen in.
You can’t get a lease without a bank account, a bank account without an address, or an SSN before your school registers you. Every wrong step costs money, time, or sleep. Your advisor knows the order, and walks it with you.
- Housing before you land
- Airport to your door
- A US number on day one
- A bank account, no SSN
- SSN and campus, done right
How it works
From sign-up to settled.
Six stages, one advisor, and a plan you can see at every moment.
01 · Join
Choose how to pay
$149 once for lifetime access, with 7 days to change your mind. Or $29 a month with a 6-month minimum, then month to month until you cancel. Same access either way.
Secure checkout02 · Tell us
Tell us about your move
University, city, arrival date, the languages you speak, and what's worrying you. Two minutes.
Checklist built around your dates03 · Meet
Meet your advisor
Matched on language where we can. Say hello in messages and book a welcome call in your own timezone.
Welcome call · 30 min04 · Prepare
Get ready before you fly
Documents checked, a place to live found and checked, your route from the airport planned, money sorted.
Document check · passport, I-20, visa05 · Land
Your first weeks
Phone, bank, campus registration, SSN, a lease you understand. Message from the queue, the branch, the viewing.
Lease review · 45 min06 · Settle
Until it all works
Credit, insurance, taxes, work rules — and a clear list of who to call for what.
Handover and emergency plan
Everything included
A person, and a plan.Both in one place.
Messages
Ask anything, whenever it comes up — replies usually within a working day. Your advisor sees your whole plan.
Phone and video calls
Book in your advisor's open hours, shown in your timezone, with a reminder the day before.
Settling-in checklist
Around 30 steps with due dates from your arrival, and the scam warning on the step it belongs to.
Document expiry tracking
Passport validity measured from the day you enter, visa and I-20 dates — warned about early.
Getting around
Transit maps, departure times (live in Boston), airport routes, fares and student discounts.
First-month cost planner
What you really need up front in your city, before your US bank account exists.
Compared
The help most students getversus the help you’ll have.
| On your own | Forums & group chats | University orientation | Borderly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who answers | You, searching at 2am | Strangers — some helpful, some selling | A busy office, in office hours | One named advisor who knows your situation |
| Before you land | Guesswork | Mixed advice | Mostly starts after arrival | Weeks ahead: documents, housing, route, money |
| Scam checks | You spot it or you don't | Where many scams start | General warnings | Send it first — checked before any money moves |
| A plan for you | Scattered tabs | No | The same list for everyone | Your checklist, dated from your arrival |
| Cost | Free, until a mistake | Free | Included in fees | $149 once, or $29 a month |
Your university’s international office is still the authority on your visa status — we point you to them for anything that touches it.
Pricing
Everything included. Two ways to pay.
Rent, deposits and phone bills are yours to pay directly — we never take a cut.
Lifetime
SaleWas $249Now $149once
One payment for lifetime access. Nothing more to pay, ever.
- A dedicated advisor by message, phone and video
- Calls booked around your timezone, before and after you land
- Your step-by-step settling-in checklist, with scams flagged
- Housing, lease, bank, phone, SSN and campus guidance
- Document expiry tracking and a printable emergency card
7-day money-back guarantee
Monthly
SaleWas $39Now $29/ month
Billed $29 every month, 6-month minimum. Then it carries on month to month until you cancel, which you can do any time on your Billing page.
- A dedicated advisor by message, phone and video
- Calls booked around your timezone, before and after you land
- Your step-by-step settling-in checklist, with scams flagged
- Housing, lease, bank, phone, SSN and campus guidance
- Document expiry tracking and a printable emergency card
No refunds · 6-month minimum, then cancel any time
Your new life starts at arrivals.Start preparing before you fly.
Sign up, pay securely, tell us about your move — and meet your advisor.