Graduate Student Immigration Services

Find resources for applying to graduate school, traveling to and from the U.S.,  maintaining your student visa status, and more.  Contact our immigration advisors if you have any questions or would like to submit a request, and we'll be happy to assist you. We provide immigration services to the nearly 1900 international graduate students enrolled in Blacksburg; immigration advisors in the National Capital Region are also available to assist nearly 200 international students on that campus. 

Prospective Students

• Apply to graduate school -- allow at least 4 month for receiving your I-20, visa application and travel
• Application Deadlines for International Students
• Change of Visa Status (COS)
• Financial Requirements
• Medical and Health Insurance Requirements

New Students

• Getting an I-20 or DS-2019 form
  
• Arrival Checklist
• Immigration Orientation
• New Graduate Student Orientation
• Guide for New International Students

Current Students

• Forms
• Maintaining Status
• Mailing of Immigration Documents
• Medical and Health Insurance Requirements
• Academic Issues Impacting Immigration Status
• Extension for F-1 students
• Extension for J-1 students
• Employment
• SSN application
• Financial Requirements
• Travel
• Dependents (Spouses, Partners, and Children)
• Reinstatement for F-1 Students
• Transfer Procedures to or from VT

Employment Options

• Optional Practical Training (OPT)
• Curricular Practical Training (CPT)
• Academic Training for J-1 Students
• STEM Extension
• Cap Gap Extension