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All international students are required by law to maintain an up-to-date permanent and local address with UMSL and notify the U.S. Department of Homeland Security of any address changes within 10 days.
Report any change of local address within 10 days of moving. Please note that this long-standing requirement, once rarely enforced, is now strictly upheld by the Department of Homeland Security. Failure to comply may lead to a fine of up to $200, imprisonment for up to 30 days, or both. Consequently, within 10 days of any change to your local address you should follow the instructions below appropriate to your situation:
Newly-arrived
and continuing F-1 or J-1 students at UMSL
When
arriving in the U.S., new international students must physically report
to the UMSL ISSS office in order to report local address and to make copies
of immigration documents. Continuing students must notify changes in local
address within 10 days of moving. Updates can be made at the registration
office located in 269 Millenium Student Center or online, via the University
of Missouri student information system STAR at http://www.umsl.edu/~register/courses/star.htm.
Once your address information is updated with the registration
office, the ISSS will be notified and the update will be forwarded to
the Department of Homeland Security through your electronic SEVIS record.
F-1 Students / J-1 Students on Post-Completion Optional Practical Training
or Academic Training
F-1 / J-1 students who have completed their programs and are on post-completion
OPT or Academic Training may update the U.S. immigration authorities of
their new address by notifying the ISSS or their immigration sponsor directly.