Maintaining J-1 Student Status
Your eligibility to pursue your academic program as well as opportunities for employment, school transfers, and program changes depend on maintaining lawful status.
Report your initial arrival at CU Boulder
- Submit the Immigration Check-In and Insurance Compliance e-forms.
Maintain comprehensive medical insurance including evacuation and repatriation coverage that meets government minimum requirements
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Maintain full-time enrollment every fall and spring semester
Report new addresses within 10 days of every move so your SEVIS record can be updated
- Active Â鶹ÒùÔº: Update your address in
- Â鶹ÒùÔº on Academic Training: Email ISSS
Ìý Do not work without authorization or beyond allowable employment limits
- Abide by on-campus employment regulations and limitations
- Obtain prior authorization for on-campus employment and academic training and comply with related reporting rules
Ìý Pursue the program objective documented on your DS-2019
Keep your DS-2019 up-to-date
- Report all changes of biographical, program, and financial support information to ISSS
- Follow proper procedures for extending your DS-2019, changing educational levels, and transferring schools
Ìý Maintain required immigration documents including a valid passport and I-94 throughout your stay in the U.S.
Ìý Travel with required documents for re-entry to the U.S. in student status
Abide by J-1 grace period rules
- J-1 students have a 30-day grace period at the end of their J-1 program
- During the grace period, you cannot take part in any studies or employment opportunities and also cannot exit and re-enter the U.S. as a J-1 student