F-1/J-1 Student

Effective September 3, 2022, the Office of Global Services (OGS) will not be accepting paper form requests anymore. Moving forward, students will be required to use the ISSS Portal as the one stop location to submit all I-20 and DS-2019 requests to OGS, for all F-1 and J-1 student requests.

ISSS Portal 

  • The electronic I-20 and DS-2019 (PDF) will be available for students (F-1 and J-1) to download directly in the portal once their request has been completed.

Please refer below for the specific names of requests possible to submit in the ISSS Portal and any valid forms still used by our office.

Learn how to navigate and use the ISSS Portal by watching our recording for students: https://tinyurl.com/ISSSPortalDemo

Maintaining Status

  • F-1 Maintaining Status requests in ISSS Portal:
    • Change of Status
    • F-1 Program Extension
    • F-1 Reduced Course Load
    • F-1 SEVIS Transfer Out
    • Leave of Absence/Withdrawal
    • F-2 Dependent Request
    • Reprint I-20
    • Update F-1 Academic Major/Program
    • Update F-1 Biographical Information
  • J-1 Maintaining Status requests in ISSS Portal:
    • J-1 Program Extension
    • J-1 Reduced Course Load
    • J-1 SEVIS Transfer Out
    • Leave of Absence/Withdrawal
    • J-2 Dependent Request
    • Reprint DS-2019 for J-1
    • Update J-1 Academic Major/Program
    • Update J-1 Biographical Information

Employment

Transferring Into Illinois Institute of Technology

 

J-1 Scholar

Effective April 17, 2023, OGS will not be accepting paper form requests anymore. Moving forward, scholars will be required to use the ISSS Portal as the one stop location to submit all DS-2019 requests to OGS, for all J-1 scholar requests.

ISSS Portal 

Learn how to navigate and use the ISSS Portal by watching our recording for scholars: https://tinyurl.com/ISSS-ScholarDemo

H1-B

Financial and Taxes