{"id":1817,"date":"2025-11-13T11:01:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T16:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/?page_id=1817"},"modified":"2026-07-28T21:20:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T01:20:22","slug":"check-in-with-isso","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/international-students\/check-in-with-isso\/","title":{"rendered":"Check-in With ISSO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\" bu-callout aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Initial ISSO check-in must be completed to maintain your legal immigration status. You must check-in after you arrive in the U.S. but no later than 15 days after your academic program start date.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<nav class=\"toc-wrapper\" id=\"toc\" aria-label=\"Page Section Navigation\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"toc-heading toc-nav-toggle\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Toggle Page Contents Navigation\" aria-expanded=\"true\">Page Contents<\/span><\/nav>\n<h2>Who Must Check-in With the ISSO<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>New international students in F-1 or J-1 Status<\/li>\n<li>Continuing international students in F-1 or J-1 status returning from a leave of absence or regaining status by travel<\/li>\n<li>Students in other immigration categories upon request from ISSO<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"mb-2 whitespace-pre-wrap\">Initial ISSO Check-in Instructions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>First, update current and foreign addresses in the <a href=\"https:\/\/student.bu.edu\/MyBU\/\">MyBU Student Portal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Current Address: U.S. address to be reported to SEVIS<\/li>\n<li>Immigration Foreign Address: Address outside of the U.S. to be reported to SEVIS<\/li>\n<li>U.S. Phone number required for J-1 students<\/li>\n<li>See <a href=\"\/isso\/files\/2026\/06\/MBS-Address-Instructions-08282024.pdf\">instructions<\/a> and sample address<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Second, complete check-in in the <a href=\"https:\/\/issoportal.bu.edu\/_portal\/\">ISSOPortal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to Request Center &gt; Initial ISSO Check-in<\/li>\n<li>Follow instructions to complete the questionnaire, upload required documents, confirm understanding of status conditions, and submit<\/li>\n<li>Monitor request status <span>in the ISSOPortal<\/span>; an ISSO team member will review within 10 business days<\/li>\n<li>You will receive an email to your BU email address only if clarification or more documents are needed<\/li>\n<li>Contact ISSO front desk for assistance if needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"mb-2 whitespace-pre-wrap\"><strong>Required Immigration Documents to Upload<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Immigration Documents\n<ul>\n<li>Passport data page<\/li>\n<li>U.S. Entry Visa (F-1 or J-1)<\/li>\n<li>I-94 Arrival Record<\/li>\n<li>I-20 <em>or<\/em> DS-2019, <em>with student signature and date<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Other status related documents, <em>if applicable<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>EAD<\/li>\n<li>I-797 approval<\/li>\n<li>I-515A, <em>if issued upon U.S. entry<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Immigration documents for any F-2 or J-2 dependents accompanying you<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who Must Check-in With the ISSO New international students in F-1 or J-1 Status Continuing international students in F-1 or J-1 status returning from a leave of absence or regaining status by travel Students in other immigration categories upon request from ISSO Initial ISSO Check-in Instructions First, update current and foreign addresses in the MyBU [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10133,"featured_media":0,"parent":1537,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1817"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1817"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4263,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1817\/revisions\/4263"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}