Welcome to Santa Clara University’s global community! This page will help you complete the immigration check-in process. This important activity will notify the International Students & Scholars team (or ISS) that you have officially arrived and that your official SEVIS immigration record is ready to be activated. Immigration check-in is for students who have recently entered the U.S in F-1 or J-1 status, or for students who are in F-1 status transferring their immigration record from another U.S. school, college, or university. If you have a pending change of status application, you will not complete immigration check-in until the change of status application has been approved.
- Download your most recent I-94
- Submit your Immigration Check-In Confirmation
- Address Updates
1. Download Your Most Recent I-94
You can download your I-94 (which is the U.S. Customs and Border Protection record of your arrival in the U.S.) at any time by going to the U.S. ICE I-94 website.
Once on this page, select "Get Most Recent I-94." You will need to accept the privacy notice and then will be prompted to enter your biographical information (name, date of birth, passport number, passport country). Once you do this, you will select "Next" and your I-94 will appear.
Tips for retrieving your I-94:
- For students who have more than one passport, be sure to enter the number from the passport you used to enter the U.S. most recently (which may not be the passport with your visa).
- If you are not able to retrieve your I-94, the record may be under another name or passport number. Please save a screenshot of the I-94 error page and our team will assist you.
- We do not need a copy of your "travel history" page, just your I-94.
- You can and should download a copy of your I-94 each time you enter the U.S.
2. Submit your Immigration Check-In Confirmation
Once you have completed the above steps, you should submit your Immigration Check-In eForm through the MyiSCU Portal. To submit this eForm, you will be asked to upload a copy of your most recent I-94 and a copy of your visa stamp. We use the contact information that you provide to update your official SEVIS immigration record.
Tips for submitting your confirmation:
- Before uploading the required documents, please make sure the file names are Last Name First Name Document (for example, Bronco Bucky I-94)
- If you cannot retrieve a copy of your I-94, please upload a screenshot of the I-94 error page.
- You must upload the copy of your visa stamp even if your visa is expired.
- If you are Canadian and do not have a visa stamp, you can upload the biographical page of your passport instead.
- If you changed status to F-1 within the US you will upload your I-797 Approval Notice.
- When providing your US address, please review our address examples:
(includes “off-campus” property owned by Santa Clara University)
Address 1: 500 El Camino Real (Street number, Street name, and Apartment number)
Address 2: Swig Hall #123 (Residence Hall name and room number)
City: Santa Clara
State: CA
Postal: 95053
Address 1: 1050 Benton St Apt 186 (Street number, Street name, and Apartment number)
Address 2: (leave blank)
City: Santa Clara
State: CA
Postal: 95050
Do not add any extra marks (commas, periods, # signs).
Do not add the name of your apartment building (Domicilio, Park Central, etc).
We also recommend that you review your contact information in Workday.
| Workday Field | Instruction |
|---|---|
| Primary Home Address | This should be the U.S. residential address where you physically reside (in other words, this is where you sleep at night)! |
| Foreign Address |
This should be a stable address outside the U.S. (typically a family or close friend's address). Usage Type should be marked Foreign Address. |
| Mobile Phone | This should be your U.S. based mobile phone. |
| Primary / Home Phone | This should be a non-U.S. ("foreign") phone number. If you do not maintain an international phone number, this can be the phone number of a family member or friend. |
| Institutional Email | This will be automatically populated with your scu.edu email address. This is how the ISS team will reach you while you're enrolled in classes at SCU. |
| Primary / Home Email | This should be an email address (not an scu.edu account) that you regularly check. This is how the ISS team will reach you after you graduate. |
| Work Email | Your scu.edu email may automatically populate as the "Work Email" type. |
3. Address Updates
F-1 and J-1 visa holders are required to update changes in contact information, including addresses, within 10 days.
In order to ensure that your contact information is accurate and up-to-date in the SEVIS immigration record, while you are a student or on OPT, STEM OPT, or Academic Training, you must maintain accurate and up-to-date contact information in the MyiSCU Portal. While a student, you will use the Update My US Address and Contact Information eForm. When you are an alumni on OPT, STEM OPT, or Academic Training, you will use the OPT Update Contact Information eForm.