immigration information for cesl students ou international student services
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IMMIGRATION INFORMATION FOR CESL STUDENTS
OU International Student Services
We are OU ISS
OU ISS =
ISS helps international students with immigration questions
CESL and ISS work together to help YOU!
If you have questions about your immigration status or your immigration documents, ask ISS
University of OklahomaInternational Student Services
Attend class!
Go to class!
Do well, and make good grades.
If you do not go to class or make good grades, your immigration status may end.
Change of Address
Within 10 days of moving to a new home, tell ISS your new address
An important part of your
F-1 and J-1 status
Send ISS an email to [email protected]
Know your documents!!
Your documents are: Your I-20 or DS-2019 Passport Visa I-94 card
Contact [email protected] IMMEDIATELY if you lose any of your documents
When is your Expiration date?? Know your document expiration dates!
Always keep a current passport.
You must ask ISS to extend your I-20 or DS-2019 before it expires.
Start 1 month before expiration date
Ask Crissy or Vicki for help.
Travel
If you are traveling outside the US, bring your documents to the ISS office for a travel signature
If you are traveling inside the US, you do NOT need a travel signature
Keep copies of your immigration documents when you travel inside the US, especially in border areas like Texas, California, Arizona and big cities like New York.
Travel Signature
Plan ahead before you travel
To reenter the US you need: Travel Signature on your I-20 or DS 2019 Valid Visa
Email [email protected] before you come back to the US if you have questions.
Do not work!
CESL students are here to learn!
Working will cause your visa status to be terminated and you MUST leave the US.
CESL students in F-1 status can not apply for a Social Security Number (SSN). The SSN is only for working
F-2 dependents cannot get a SSN. They can not work and can not attend school.
Leaving CESL
If you are going back to your home country Ask ISS
If you want to transfer to another school Ask ISS
We will help you with if you go home or change schools.
Session Breaks
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You MUST complete 4 CESL Sessions to get for a session break.
TO KEEP YOUR F-1 or J-1 STATUS, YOU MUST ask CESL and tell ISS if you plan to take a session break.
Sooner Jump Start students take 4 session then go to OU. SJS students do not have session breaks.
If you complete three or less sessions at CESL, you must leave the US within 14 days of your last day of CESL class. You cannot stay in the US.
Session Breaks
After you finish four or more sessions at CESL, you can take one session break from CESL while keeping your F-1 or J-1 status.
Go to a CESL End of Session Orientation before your session break
During your session break, you can: Travel outside the US Stay in the US
After your session break, you can: Leave the US Return to CESL
Ask Questions
If you have a question about your immigration status, ask ISS.
Email [email protected]
Ask Crissy or Vicki at CESL
Read the ISS website: www.ou.edu/iss
Come to the ISS Office
Contacting ISS
Phone: (405)325-3337
Email: [email protected]
http://www.ou.edu/iss
OU International Student Services
640 Parrington Oval, Old Science Hall, Room 220