Who We Serve
International
Students: non-immigrant visa holders, asylees, and
refugees participating in an academic, language training, or educational
exchange program at USF including:
- Bachelor’s,
master’s and doctorate degree students at USF’s Main Campus and regional
campuses
- Participants
in the Jesuit Educational Exchange Program (JEEP)
- Full-time
language training students (Intensive English Program [IEP])
- Non-credit,
non-degree course participants
- Foreign
students currently enrolled and pursuing a degree at a postsecondary academic
institution outside the United States, but who are pursuing an internship in
the U.S. that will fulfill their degree requirements at their home institution
ISSS provides
document processing and advising services to prospective, current, and alumni
international students and their representatives.
International Scholars: Foreign nationals who have been invited to
USF to lecture, teach, observe, consult, train, conduct research and/or
demonstrate special skills. International
scholars may be employed by the university, e.g. teaching a course, or they may
be just visiting the campus with the status of Special Affiliates.
USF
Community: ISSS provides information and support
services to other campus departments and stakeholders who are involved with
recruiting, admitting, teaching, housing, counseling, and/or providing services
to international students, scholars and visitors.
ISSS Services and Programs
- Immigration
document processing and advising
- Advising
on personal adjustment/cross-cultural matters
- International
Student Orientation (ISO) programs (Fall/Spring/Summer)
- Advisor
for the USF International Student Association (ISA)
- Informational
workshops:
- Optional
Practical Training (OPT) employment authorization for F-1 students
- H-1B
Visas & Green Cards
- U.S.
tax filing requirements for nonresidents
- Job
Success Series (co-sponsored with the Career Services Center)
- International
Network Program (INP)
- International
Education Week (IEW)
- Let’s
Talk International! (co-sponsored with Counseling and Psychological Services
[CAPS])
- Referrals/advocacy
efforts on behalf of international students and scholars to on- and off-campus
services providers, including:
- Academic
departments & Dean’s Offices
- Offices
of Undergraduate and Graduate Admission
- Office
of International Relations
- Office
of Residence Life
- One
Stop Enrollment and Financial Services
- Health
Promotion Services
- Student
Employment
- Business
and Finance
- Payroll
- Athletics
Department
- U.S.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- U.S.
Department of State (DOS)
- U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
- U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
- U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- Student
and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP)
- Social
Security Administration (SSA)
- Department
of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
- Internal
Revenue Service (IRS)
- Monthly
electronic newsletter
- Access
to nonresident federal tax form preparation software (Glacier Tax Prep)
