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 iss@ou.edu

Know your documents!!

Your documents are: Your I-20 or DS-2019 Passport Visa I-94 card

Contact iss@ou.edu 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 iss@ou.edu 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 iss@ou.edu

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: iss@ou.edu

http://www.ou.edu/iss

OU International Student Services

640 Parrington Oval, Old Science Hall, Room 220