Instructions for Students
If you are a current SF State student who is changing academic levels at SF State (i.e. moving from undergraduate to graduate) or on Post-Completion Practical Training (PCPT) and planning to start a new degree program at SF State, please bring this letter with you to OIP during the drop-in hours and speak with one of our International Student Advisors about the transfer process.How To Get Your New SF State I-20:
Notify the International Student Advisor at your current U.S. school that you intend to transfer to SF State.
The International Student Advisor at your current U.S. school will then need to update your record in SEVIS as a "Transfer Out" student by indicating a "Transfer Release" date in SEVIS. This date will most likely be the last day of classes or final exams at your current U.S. school or the day on which you complete all of your program requirements. Please be sure that your Release Date is BEFORE the start of our Spring 2010 semester (January 25, 2010) and that it is within 60 days of the last day you attended classes at your previous U.S. school or your OPT end date.
- After your SEVIS release date, SF State will be able to create a new SF State I-20 for you. Your SF State I-20 will then be sent to the address you indicated on your application form. Please contact OIP at:oip@sfsu.edu if you would like to make special pick-up or mailing arrangements of your new I-20.
- Please note that SF State cannot create your new I-20 before your SEVIS release date. If you plan to travel outside of the U.S. and need your new I-20 sooner, please speak with the International Student Advisor at your current U.S school about giving you an earlier SEVIS release date.
- If you plan to travel and then re-enter the U.S. before starting your classes at SF State, you must present only the SF State I-20 to the U.S. immigration officials at your U.S. port-of-entry. Do not use the I-20 from any other U.S. school to re-enter the U.S.
- If you feel that you have received this letter in error because you are not transferring to SF State from another U.S. school or if you decide to not attend SF State, please contact OIP at 415-338-1293 or via email at oip@sfsu.edu. Please write your full name and SF State ID (9-digit number starts from "9")
WARNING
Once the International Student Advisor at your current U.S. school releases your SEVIS records to SF State, you can NOT change your mind and transfer to another school. You must be very sure about your intent to attend SF State.
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Instructions for International Student Advisor
In order for our office to create an I-20, we ask the International Student Advisor to release the student's SEVIS record to SF State. Because of SEVIS transfer procedures, we no longer require a paper transfer form to be completed. Instead, please enter the following information into SEVIS as the advisor "Transfer Out" the student's record.Please enter a "Release Date" in SEVIS. The release date should be before the start of our Spring 2010 semester (January 25, 2010) and must also be within 60 days of either the last day the student attended classes at your school or the student's OPT end date.
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Please Transfer Undergraduate Students to:
* San Francisco State University * (Office of Undergraduate Admissions campus) (SFR214F00630005) Please Transfer Graduate Students to: * San Francisco State University * (Graduate Division campus) (SFR214F00630006) Please Transfer Certificate Students to: * San Francisco State University * (College of Extended Learning campus) (SFR214F00630007) Please do not transfer any students to * San Francisco State University * ( Office of International Programs) (SFR214F00630000) |
We appreciate your assistance in entering this information into the Remarks Box of the Transfer Out screen:
1. Dates of attendance
2. Comments (if applicable)
3. Your name and contact information
IMPORTANT NOTE: If the student has not maintained his/her F-1 student status, please terminate the student's record in SEVIS and transfer him/her out to SF State. Upon the student's SEVIS release date, we will then create a "reinstatement I-20" for the student (or create a new SEVIS record for the student and issue an "initial attendance" I-20 so that the student can travel and re-enter the U.S. in a new F-1 status). If the student has not maintained his/her F-1 student status, please indicate the reason(s) why in the Remarks Box.
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