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The Immigration Check-In Form is available in the MyISSS portal under the Arrival & Immigration Check-In tab.ÌýYou will find instructions here: Accessing the F-1 Student Immigration Check-In E-Form in the MyISSS Portal.

• International students in F-1Ìýor J-1Ìýstatus shouldÌýcomplete the check-in formÌýasÌýsoon asÌýpossible upon arrival and admission into the United States and no later than the start date of classes.
• Students who are transferring their F-1 SEVIS record to ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï must complete the check-in form within 15 days of their F-1 program start date as reflected on the Form I-20.

All new international students in F-1 or J-1 status are required to arrive to Boulder the day before the mandatory in-person International Student Orientation to ensure they can attend the entirety of the required programming. Please refer to the Late Arrival Policy to understand your latest date of arrival.Ìý

If you are unable to arrive at ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï by these required dates, work with International Admissions to discuss deferring your I-20 program start date:

• Undergraduate students should contact:Ìýintladm@colorado.edu
• Graduate students should contact:Ìýintlgrad@colorado.edu

The visa stamp in your passport is an entry document and only needs to be valid when you enter the US. This means your F-1 student visa, the stamp in your passport, is allowed to expire while you are in the U.S., as long as:

• Your I-20 remains valid,
• Your passport remains valid, and
• You are maintaining your F-1 immigration status.

"Status" refers to the legal category under which an international visitor is admitted to the U.S., and maintaining status is what allows you to remain in the U.S. legally—even if your visa has expired.

If your visa has expired and you travel outside the U.S., you will need to renew your visa at a U.S. embassy or consulate abroad in order to re-enter. In general, you cannot re-enter the U.S. with an expired visa (with the exception of Automatic Visa Revalidation).

Please review the Visa Renewal Information for Students and Scholars handout for more details. Note that U.S. visas cannot be renewed from within the U.S.

ÌýI-20s are issued electronically, so first check your email for the I-20 you are missing. If you cannot locate it, you can request a replacement by completing the I-20 Reprint Request Form (available in MyISSS portal). ISSS will process your request in 2-5 business days.

If you lose your passport, you should take the following steps as soon as possible:

1. Apply for a replacement passport through your home country’s embassy or consulate in the U.S.
2. Report the loss to the local police and obtain a police report documenting the incident. Be sure to keep a copy of this report for your records.

If your U.S. visa was inside the lost passport:

• Contact the U.S. embassy or consulate that issued your visa to report it as lost or stolen.
• Important: If you report your visa as lost or stolen and later recover your passport, the visa stamp in that passport will no longer be valid for re-entry into the U.S. You will need to apply for a new visa at a U.S. embassy or consulate abroad before traveling back to the U.S.

Each fall and spring semester a hold is placed on the records of students in F-1 status to prevent them from dropping a class without prior permission from ISSS and unintentionally falling below full-time enrollment, a violation of status. This hold does n