Exchange StudentsImmigration Requirements

•Welcome!

Immigration

•Documents•Rules•Travel•Responsibility•Work•Planning•Reporting

Immigration: Documents

Passport –

Your identity document

Immigration: Documents

Visa:

Your travel document needed for entry into

U.S.

Immigration: Documents

I-94 Card:

Your proof of legal U.S. immigration

status

Immigration: Documents

Form DS-2019

(J-1 Students):

Your proof of academic program and length of

stay

Immigration: Rules

Keep Immigration documents current at all

times

• Passport• Visa (important only if

travel outside U.S. & want to return)

• I-94 – don’t lose• DS-2019

Immigration: Travel

• Carry valid documents when you travel, even within U.S.

• Be aware of visa expiration dates

• Travel during grace period

Immigration: Responsibility

You are responsible for maintaining & understanding your Immigration status in the U.S.

• D/S- Duration of status & 30 day grace period

Immigration: Work

• On-Campus employment up to 20 hours a week

Immigration: Planning

With proper planning, immigration should not get in the way of your life.

Immigration: Reporting

The Student Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS):

• Your official record with the government

• Government database

• Owned by Immigration and Customs Enforcement

• Used to track who is studying what where

• Should be kept up to date

Immigration: Reporting

What must CUA report on you?• Your arrival at CUA• Your enrollment• Changes in address• Changes in majors or

courses of study• Authorizations for reduced

course loads• Authorizations for work• Failure to maintain status,

including unauthorized employment

Academics: Enrollment Requirements

Immigration requirements:

• Be continuously enrolled• Carry a full “course” load

Your CGE Contacts

• Ms. Ella Sweigert, Director, CUAbroad• sweigert@cua.edu -202-319-6010

• Ms. Gudrun Kendon, Associate Director, ISSS• kendon@cua.edu – 202-319-5618