Visa & Travel

Visa Information

• Applying for Visa
• Applying for F-1 or J-1 Visa
• Planning Your Arrival Date
  to the United States
• SEVIS Fee

• Visa Status
• Renewing Visa
• Reinstatement of F-1 Status

• Immigration Attorneys
• California Bar Association
• Immigration Attorneys

Transfer Information

• Transferring to Another School
• Transferring to Another School
• After Studying at Cal State Fullerton
• Transfer Out on OPT

• Transferring to CSUF
• Transfer to CSUF
• Students on Approved OPT Transferring to CSUF
• CSUF American Language Program Students Beginning a Degree Program

Travel Information

We encourage all international students to carefully follow all guidelines and advice regarding travel. Also, please check the Public Announcements, Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheets from the U.S. Department of State.

Documents Needed for Travel Outside the United States
Valid Passport
Valid F1 or J1 Visa
Valid SEVIS Document:
      F1 Visa Students: Form I-20 with valid travel signature travel signature
      J1 Visa Students: Form DS-2019 with valid travel signature travel signature

Note: J-1 students with a sponsor other than Cal State Fullerton should plan in advance to mail their SEVIS Form to their Program Sponsor for a travel signature. If your visa is expired, you will need to renew it at a US Embassy or Consulate abroad.

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. Please read the following travel guidelines 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.

• Traveling on OPT
• Traveling on Approved OPT
• Traveling Before Receiving OPT Approval

• Traveling to Mexico or Canada
• Traveling to Mexico
• Traveling to Canada
• Risk of applying for F or J Visa in Mexico or Canada

• Additional Resources
• Websites for Foreign Embassies in the U.S.
• Travel.State.Gov

Revised — January 2013