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Procedures for Transferring FROM WVU
Tech to Another School in the U.S.
If you are transferring from WVU Tech to
another U.S. institution, follow one of the procedures
outlined below, according to your situation.
Individuals traveling outside the
United States prior to beginning your association with the new
school:
If your visa has expired or if you
never obtained a visa in the status you currently hold because
you changed your status after coming to the U.S.:
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Before you leave the U.S., notify International
Student Services at WVU Tech that you plan to transfer. We
will then enter a release date in SEVIS, so that the new
school can access your records in SEVIS and issue an "initial"
I-20.
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Go to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate overseas.
Take with you:
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Your passport
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I-20 form from the new school
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documentation of financial support.
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The visa issuing officer will give you a visa
with the name of the new school noted on it.
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When you re-enter the U.S., you must show again
at the port of entry your passport, the I-20 form from the new
school and your financial documentation.
If you have a valid (unexpired,
multiple-entry) visa in the status you will hold at the
new school:
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Notify International Student Services at WVU
Tech that you plan to transfer. We will then enter a release
date in SEVIS so that the new school can access your records
and issue an I-20.
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You do not have to go the U.S. consulate. Simply
re-enter the U.S. with the new school's I-20and financial
documentation. Point out to the immigration officer at the
port of entry that upon this entry you are transferring to a
different institution.
Individuals NOT leaving the
United States before beginning your association with the new
school:
A.
If you are an F-1 Student
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Notify International Student Services at WVU
Tech that you plan to transfer. We will then enter a release
date in SEVIS so that the new school can access your records
and issue an I-20.
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Carefully read and sign bottom of page 1 of the
new school's I-20 and take it with your passport and all other
visa related documents to the international student adviser at
the new school within 15 days of enrollment there.
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The international student adviser at the new
school will process your papers and complete your transfer
into SEVIS.
NOTE: You will be considered out of
status 15 days after enrolling in the new school if you do not
report to the international student advisor so that you can be
updated in SEVIS.
Note: Sample document DO NOT print.
For
Word document click here.
International Student
Services WVU Tech.
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