🚨 During your time as a F-1 student, your record must be updated with Department of Homeland Security. ISS can help you ensure your record is updated, but it is your responsibility to inform ISS of changes in a timely manner. You must report the following changes to ISS within ten days:

• Change in U.S. residential address
• Change in permanent foreign address
• Your phone number
• Change to your legal name in your passport
• Update of employment status or employer information (Read here for more information)

👉 Submit the Address Change Report for F-1 Students on myHilltop or email ISS at [email protected] to report changes.

🚨 In addition, many kinds of updates must be reported to the Department of Homeland Security through SEVIS and must be changed on your I-20. Notify ISS of the following changes and request an updated I-20. Keep every I-20 for your permanent record, even after you graduate. Do not discard the old ones, even from previous schools. ISS files are archived and destroyed after several years, so it is your responsibility to keep your I-20s in case you need them to apply for future immigration benefits.

• Program Extension: If you are unable to complete your course of study before the completion date noted in item 5 on your I-20, you must request an extended I-20 before your current I-20 expires. Submit the I-20 Extension Request Form on myHilltop to request the extension.
• Changing Schools: You must register full-time at St. Edward’s since St. Edward’s issued your I-20 and oversees your SEVIS record. If you decide to transfer to another school, contact ISS.
• Change of Level: If you will complete your current program of study and plan to continue at St. Edward’s in another program (for example, change from a Bachelor's degree program to a Master’s program), your I-20 must be updated. Submit the F-1 Change of Level form on myHilltop to inform ISS.
• Change of Major: If you are accepted into a major or if you change your major (for example, History to Biology), you will be issued a new I-20.
• Change of Funding: If there is a substantial change in the source or amount of your funding, report this change to ISS and a new I-20 will be issued to you.
• Name Change: The name on your I-20 should match the name on your passport. If you change any part of your legal name—first/given name, middle name, or last/family name—on your passport, this change should be reflected on your I-20. Conversely, if you want a different name on your I-20, ISS will wait for you to change your passport first, before updating the I-20. Note that SEVIS is a separate database from the St. Edward’s database.

<aside> ⚠️ Failure to report your information could result in the automatic termination of your I-20 SEVIS record by the Student & Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) without warning. If your I-20 SEVIS record is terminated while you are still in the U.S., you may begin to accrue days of unlawful presence.

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<aside> 🚨 Disclaimer: The ISS staff will provide regulatory and practice information related to F and J status, as it stands at the time of the consult. Regulatory content is designed for SEU students, and is not intended to constitute legal advice and is not a substitute for legal counsel.

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