Please read this information as a guide to help you with your studies and maintain a valid immigration status. The information below may not apply to international students at all campuses.
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- Taxes
Tax season is soon approaching (January through April), so it’s time to start getting familiarized with its terms and regulations. Please visit our website to learn more about taxes and what to prepare for on this page.
- Your country’s flag pin for graduation
Congratulations on your upcoming graduation! In connection with the Graduation Celebration, IP-International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) will be offering a graduation flag pin to all international students expected to graduate this fall and who complete a Program Completion e-form in myPassport by Nov. 22, 2024, 5pm. The flag pin will be from your home country.
Pullman campus students must pick up their pin at Bryan Hall 206 between Dec. 2-6, no exceptions. Students outside of Pullman will have their pins mailed if they provide a mailing address. Questions may be directed to ISSS Email.
Thank you and congratulations from all of us in ISSS!
- IMPORTANT! phone scam alert!
If someone claiming to be a U.S. government official or law enforcement officer calls threatening you with deportation or any other negative immigration consequences – hang up immediately! This is a sophisticated scam (fraud)! Please see official website here: Liaison Information Report (LIR) page
USCIS and other government agencies will NEVER contact you over the phone to request payment immediately or to ask for identifying information.
Recently, students in our area began receiving calls from a phone number that looks like a legitimate government number. When you answer, the person on the phone poses as a USCIS, FBI, IRS, or other government official or law enforcement officer. The scammer or scammers will say that there is a problem with your application or that additional information is required to continue the immigration process. Then, they will often ask for sensitive personal and financial information, demand payment, and threaten you with deportation, arrest, or other negative consequences if you do not comply immediately.
The scammer will then order victims to make a payment – and will often order them to go to a nearby bank or store and withdraw money or purchase a prepaid card, Steam card, Apple gift card, Google Play gift card voucher, or money order or make some other wire transfer, money exchange, payment, or withdrawal. (Note that the scammers are often able to direct victims to nearby banks or stores by using online maps to study the area in which a victim resides.) Again – if you receive a call like that, hang up immediately!
If you receive a suspicious email or voice message and are not sure if it is a scam, please contact by ISSS Email. Also, please visit the USCIS Avoid Scam page.
If you have been a victim of one of these please contact our office and report it to the Federal Trade Commission online at their Report Fraud website.
If you have any questions about the above announcement, please contact International Student and Scholar Services.
- WSU Pullman students contact +1 509-335-4508 or ip.intlservices@wsu.edu
- WSU Everett, Spokane, Tri-Cities, and Vancouver students contact Nitivia Jones at nitivia.jones@wsu.edu