Enrollment
Requirements:
Graduate
Students:
- Must enroll in and successfully
complete no fewer than nine (9) credit hours each
Fall and Spring semester.
- You must report a change of address to the OIS within 10 days of the change. You must also change your address in Owlnet.
- Must maintain a valid passport
at all times - even if you have no plans to travel outside the U.S. Your passport can never expire while you are in the U.S.. Contact your embassy
with questions regarding extending your passport.
- You are not required to register
during the summer. You may do so if you wish, but
U.S. C.I.S. regulations do not require it.
- Graduate students on assistantship,
fellowships, or externships may enroll in six (6)
hours to meet requirement, as long as your department
allows it. You must check with your department before
you register for fewer than 9 semester hours for
the Fall or Spring semester.
- There are very few reasons that
a student would be permitted to drop below full-time
status. Please review the information at http://www.temple.edu/ois/rcl.htm
- Do
not withdraw from any classes without speaking with
an international student advisor FIRST.
Undergraduate
Students:
- Must enroll in and successfully
complete no fewer than 12 credit hours each Fall
and Spring semester. Do not withdraw from any classes
without speaking with an international student advisor
FIRST.
- Must maintain a valid passport
at all times. Contact your embassy
with questions regarding extending your passport.
- You are not required to register
during the summer. You may do so if you wish, but
U.S. C.I.S. regulations do not require it.
- There are very few reasons that
a student would be permitted to drop below full-time
status. Please review the information at http://www.temple.edu/ois/rcl.htm
I-20
Requirements
- Report a change of level with 15
days of being admitted to a higher degree program
within Temple University. Students who complete
an undergraduate degree and begin a mater’s
program must have an I-20 reflecting change of level
with 15 days of beginning new program.
- Report a change of major. You should
request a new I-20 to reflect a change of major
as soon as the change is approved by the University.
- Report and document any changes
in funding.
Employment
Requirements
DO NOT
WORK OFF-CAMPUS UNLESS YOU HAVE, IN YOUR POCESSION,
WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION TO DO SO. This authorization
will come from the U.S. C.I.S. or the OIS, depending
on the type of employment authorization
you were granted.
