Immigration & Travel
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Maintaining Full-Time Status
As an F-1 or J-1 student, you must be a full-time student in order to maintain your immigration status.
Click here for more information on taking a full-time academic course load.
Additional responsiblities include:
- Keep your passport valid at least 6 months in the future.
- Make copies of all important documents: passport, F-1/J-1 visa page, I-20/DS-2019 and I-94. Keep the original
documents and passport in a secure place.
- Report promptly to the IEE Office if there are any changes in your address and/or telephone number; major; or
extension of graduation date.
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Reinstatement Of F-1 Student Status
Click here for information on reinstatement of F-1 student status.
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Applying For F/J Visa
You can apply for an F-1 or J-1 student visa only after you
receive your SEVIS I-20 or DS-2019. You need to first
pay a SEVIS
Fee of $100, and then go the US Embassy in your country to
apply for the F-1 or J-1 visa. To locate a US Embassy
in your country, please click
here. For more detailed information on the rules and regulations regarding
a F-1 student visa, please click
here. For information on a J-1 exchange visitor visa, please click
here.
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Renewing Your Visa
The visa renewal process is the same procedure that you followed the first time you applied for the visa. Each time
you apply for a visa, you must prove to the consular officer you have enough funds to continue studying, you have
been a full time student, and that you plan to return to your home country after completion of your degree. Makse
sure you take the following documents with you to the US Embassy:
- valid (unexpired) passport (valid for at least 6 months after your reentry date)
- SEVIS I-20 or DS-2019 with a valid travel signature and bearing your current major and academic program
- official CSUF transcripts
- financial documents indicating the source and amount of money you will be receiving during your attendance at CSUF
- a letter from the IEE Office showing your current full-time enrollment or that you are on approved optional
practical training
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Travel Guidelines
If you wish to travel or make a short trip outside of the U.S. (even if it's to Mexico or Canada), make sure you
plan ahead. You must possess a valid travel signature on your I-20 before you leave the U.S. Please read the
following travel guidleines that apply to you VERY CAREFULLY. It will save you hours of anxiety and nervousness at
the embassy, at the airport or at the border.
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Transferring To Another School
If you plan to transfer to another school from CSUF, click
here for more information.
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Transferring To CSUF
If you plan to transfer to CSUF from another school, click
here for more information.
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Employment Regulations
Please refer to the Employment section of our website for further details.
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Immigration Attorneys
Click here for
a list of Immigration Attorneys. The
Office of International Education & Exchange
does not endorse any particular attorney. None
of the attorneys listed are affiliated with Cal State
Fullerton in any way. To help you check on an attorney's
familiarity with immigration laws, go to the California
Bar Association link (http://www.calbar.ca.gov/state/calbar/calbar_home.jsp)
and use the "Attorney Search" feature.
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