ISSS News

Let ISSS Know! If you are graduating this semester: Email ISSS as soon as possible to let us know you intend to graduate. If you plan to defend your dissertation or thesis prior to the start of the Summer 2023 term: Email ISSS as soon as possible so that ISSS...

Do you have any upcoming international travel plans? Prior to traveling outside the U.S., please ensure you have a valid travel signature on your I-20 or DS-2019. International students who travel without a valid travel signature may be: Denied re-entry to the U.S. or Issued an I-515A and only granted...

Let ISSS Know! If you are graduating this semester: Email ISSS as soon as possible to let us know you intend to graduate. If you plan to defend your dissertation or thesis prior to the start of the Spring 2023 term: Email ISSS as soon as possible so that ISSS...

ISSS is excited to announce the launch of the ISSS Post-Completion OPT Essentials Course. This course is accessible in Canvas and includes 5 short videos followed by 10 quiz questions. The course will help international students in F-1 status better understand post-completion OPT. The course reviews the post-completion OPT application...

On June 10, 2022 the Center for Disease Control (CDC) announced the recension of the Biden administration order requiring a negative COVID-19 test for air travelers coming into the United States. This requirement had been in place since early 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky...

On January 21, 2022, the administration of President Biden announced various actions which the U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security are putting in place to encourage international STEM scholars, students, researchers, and experts to contribute to innovation and job creation efforts in the United States. Some of these new...

It was reported to ISSS that a phishing email from CollegeLoans is circulating campus. This unsolicited email includes links to alleged student loans. An image of the email appears below (the links to the student loans have been removed). Please be aware that scams are becoming more frequent and more...

The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) has been made aware of a spoofing scam involving individuals using an SEVP Response Center (SRC) phone number (703-603-3400) or a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) office phone number (757-441-6533) to target nonimmigrant students. Fraudulent callers are claiming to be SEVP representatives and asking...

SUMMARY OF ALL U.S. ENTRY RESTRICTIONS RELATED TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC There are 14-day entry restrictions on individuals who have recently been present in China, Iran, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,...

In order to support academic success and given that nearly all courses will be in person for the Fall 2021 semester, it is expected that international undergraduate and graduate students including MBA and LLM students arrive in the U.S. before the first day of classes ( no later than Sunday,...