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 you must maintain accurate and up-to-date contact information in Santa Clara University's Workday. After graduating, alumni on OPT, STEM OPT, or Academic Training must provide address updates via the MyiSCU Portal.
Need help with Workday? View the SCU Training Guide for Students.
Updating Your Contact Information in Workday
Here are some tips to help you update Workday correctly:
| Workday Field | Instruction |
|---|---|
| Permanent 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 (preferably 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. |
Students: when you update your Permanent or Foreign address in Workday, ISS will automatically be updated and so will your SEVIS immigration record.
*If you have trouble logging into Workday, email techdesk@scu.edu or call the SCU Technology Help Desk at 408-554-5700 for assistance.
Alumni: when you update your Permanent or Foreign address in the MyiSCU Portal, ISS will automatically be updated and so will your SEVIS immigration record.
Students: If you have trouble logging into Workday, email techdesk@scu.edu or call the SCU Technology Help Desk at 408-554-5700 for assistance.
Alumni: your access to Workday and other applications is deactivated after graduation. Please update contact information in the MyiSCU Portal.
Yes. You are required to update our office of any change in address within 10 days.
Yes, you are still required to update our office of any change in address within 10 days. You will update your contact contact information in the MyiSCU Portal.
You are a bronco! You’ll always have a connection to SCU, even if SCU no longer hosts your immigration status. Connect with SCU Global Engagement at iss@scu.edu.
US immigration regulations are complex and change frequently. The University strives to maintain a website that is both current and helpful, however, Santa Clara University is not responsible for students maintaining lawful immigration status; this is the responsibility of the student. Further, resources and links do not constitute endorsement by Santa Clara University.