OGS MONTHLY UPDATE: DECEMBER

Stay Informed: Immigration Policy Updates Page

2023-2024 OGS Annual Report

Key OGS Priorities for International Students This Month

• If students are planning to graduate in the Spring 2025 semester and have fewer than a full-time course load remaining to graduate, we are encouraging them to learn more about the requirements to register for a reduced course load, directing them to our register part-time web page for further information.
  
• In preparation for the winter break, our recommendations to students include:
  • Ensuring their travel signature on their I-20/DS-2019 is up to date before traveling and to plan to arrive back to campus before January 20 in preparation for the new semester. We sent out a separate stand-alone email to all students earlier this week providing further details on travel.
  • If a student is undergraduate and graduating in December, they must have approved OPT (for F-1 students) or AT (for J-1 students) if they intend to work on campus after December 20.
  • If a student is moving from one degree program to another (such as Bachelors to Masters), they are required to obtain a new, updated I-20.
    
• Please note that if newly admitted international students are unable to arrive in the US by the start date listed on their I-20/DS-2019, they should Report Changes to Their US Arrival Plan to OGS.
  
• We continue to send our Journey to NYU emails to all international students who have program start dates between January 1 and March 1, 2024. Follow along with the emails these students are receiving at our Journey to NYU web page.
• As always, all emails sent to continuing students are directly linked from our Immigration Updates and Events web page.
  
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