Request Details

Deadline: First Friday of the Semester

Use this if you are currently enrolled in at least 9 units at CSUF and would like enrollment units at another SEVIS-approved school to count toward your full course load for the semester.

Request this ISS letter to obtain permission to enroll at another SEVIS approved school (community college) while enrolled at CSUF.

Reminder: After enrolling at another SEVIS approved school, you must submit to ISS a Concurrent Enrollment Request
with proof of registration in order to have concurrent enrollment units count toward your full course load at CSUF.

Submit this if you are leaving the University and leaving the U.S. for one of the following reasons:

• Ending your F-1 visa status (due to change to another status).
• Ending approved OPT or STEM OPT benefit early
• Withdrawing pending OPT or STEM OPT application and leaving the U.S.
• Leaving CSUF without completing your academic program

Deadline: One month before Program End Date on Form I-20

Submit this if you are unable to complete your program of study by the program end date listed on your Form I-20.  When submitting this, you must upload proof of financial capability. 

Use this if you are in your first semester of study at CSUF (per educational level) and you need to drop below full-time course load due to academic difficulties. Please visit the ISS office (PLN-120) to determine if you are eligible for this RCL.

Deadline: First Friday of the Semester

Use this if you are requesting a reduced course load because (1) it is your final semester or term of enrollment; (2) you will be completing all graduation requirements in this term. 

Deadline: First Friday of the Semester

Use this if you are requesting a reduced course load because you are a graduate assistant/teaching associate.

Use this if you are requesting a reduced course load due to medical reasons. Whenever possible, please discuss your situation with an ISS Advisor before submitting this request.

After you have been admitted to another school, submit this and upload your acceptance letter.

Request Details

For J-1 Students only: Use this to request off-campus academic training permission. Please meet with an ISS Advisor to discuss your situation and if eligible, obtain this request.

Use this if you are requesting a Cap-Gap Extension to bridge the gap between the end of F-1 status and the start of H-1B status. Refer to the following webpage for further information.

Please refer to ISS CPT info link opens in a new window before submitting this CPT request for an academic internship.

F-1 Students must view and understand the ISS’ OPT information link opens in a new window  and attend a Zoom workshop before submitting an OPT Request.

All F-1 students on approved Pre- and Post-Completion Optional Practical Training (OPT) are required to use this to report their OPT employment to CSUF ISS.

Use this request to submit a copy of your Pre-OPT, Post-OPT or STEM OPT Employment Authorization Document (EAD).

Use this to request access to your SEVP Portal account if:

• You received an email to create your account but the link expired.
• Your OPT/STEM OPT is approved but you never received an email to create your account.
• Your account is locked

Note: If you already have an account and forgot your password, go to the SEVP login link opens in a new window page to request a password reset.

Complete this to request an ISS support letter which is needed when applying for a SSN. Please refer to ISS info on applying for SSN link opens in a new window .

All F-1 students on approved STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) are required to use this to report the 6, 12, 18 and 24 month required validations or evaluations. Refer to the following webpage for further information.

All F-1 students on approved STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) are required to use this to report employment changes.

F-1 Students on approved Post-Completion OPT must review ISS’ STEM OPT Extension information link opens in a new window before submitting this request.

Request Details

F-1 and J-1 students must obtain a signature on their I-20 (F-1) or DS-2019 (J-1) when travelling outside of the United States in order to re-enter the country. Please submit this to request the endorsement signature. Refer to the following webpage for further information.

Use this if you are requesting a Form I-20 for your dependent (legal spouse or child under age of 21) to apply for an F-2 visa. Submit one request for each dependent. 

Invitation Letter

Inviting Family/Relative to Visit Student

Invitation letters come directly from CSUF students, not ISS. Below is a suggested template invitation letter. 

Suggested Template of Invitation Letter from International Student

[Date]
U.S. [Embassy or Consulate]
[Address, location of U.S. Embassy or Consulate]

To Whom It May Concern:
My name is [insert your full name]. I am a [your position: undergraduate or graduate student] at California State University, Fullerton in [F-1 or J-1] status, pursuing a [Bachelor's/Master's] degree in [your major]. [If you are a student on post-completion Optional Practical Training you would state it here.]

I am writing this letter to confirm that I have invited my [name of person(s) being invited], [state their relationship to you: father, mother, sibling, etc.], citizen(s) of [country], to visit me for a period of [number of weeks or months] in California. [Briefly state the purpose of the visit here.]

[Name of person(s) being invited] will be presenting this letter to you along with evidence to establish [his or her or their] ties to [country] and to assure you that they will return prior to the expiration of their stay in the United States. During [his/her/their] time in the U.S., I certify that I will be fully responsible for the cost of room, board, travel expenses within the U.S. (state this only if it is true).

Your consideration of this request is greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
(Student's Signature)
[Print Student's Name]
[Student's U.S. address]

Online Course Audit

Please request this from CSUF Office of the Registrar.

Verification of Enrollment

Please request this from CSUF Office of the Registrar.