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- Keep your passport valid at all times (no passport required for Canadians)
Consult your country’s consulate or embassy in the US to renew your passport. The Program Coordinators in ISS have a list of the embassy/consulate addresses and telephone numbers.
- Attend only the school you were authorized to attend as listed on your I-20.
- Register full-time (or be full-time certified) and complete a full course of study during the academic year.
- Request a program extension if you must remain in the US beyond the date indicated (in section 5) on your I-20 BEFORE your I-20 expires. Requests for extensions are available in the ISS Office and should be submitted 30 - 90 days prior to the expiration date of the Form I-20 so the extension process can be completed prior to the expiration date on the document.
- Complete the official immigration transfer process whenever changing educational institutions. You must notify ISS of your intention to transfer. You must obtain an I-20 from the new institution and report to the Designated School Official at the new school within 15 days of the program start date listed on the Form I-20.
- If you will continue from one educational level to another
at RIT (e.g. Bachelor's to Master's), request a new I-20
from the Admissions Office. Bring the new I-20 to International
Student Services to complete change of program notification
to INS.
- Limit employment on campus to no more than 20 hours per week while classes are in session.
- Refrain from all off-campus employment without prior authorization from an ISS and/or INS BEFORE work begins.Receive permission from a Designated School Official at ISS BEFORE reducing your course load, withdrawing from classes or taking a leave of absence from RIT.
- Report any change of address directly to the RIT Student
Information System within 10 (ten) days of the move. ISS
will then electronically notify USCIS of the change, via
SEVIS.
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