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.
Contents
- Deadline for cancellation of enrollment
- Changing levels (bachelor’s to master’s or PhD, master’s to PhD, non-degree to degree seeking)?
- ISSS hours in summer
- Summer health insurance
- Deadline for cancellation of enrollment
April 26, 2024, at 11:55 p.m. Pacific time is the deadline to cancel your enrollment for spring 2024.
A cancellation of enrollment is when a student withdraws from ALL classes for the semester.
Please note that if you do this, it WILL impact your immigration status, so if you are thinking of doing a cancellation, please speak with an international student advisor.
Unless you have approval from ISSS due to specific reasons approved by the U.S. government, the cancellation will result in termination of your SEVIS record. This will put you out of status and require your immediate departure from the United States. So please speak with an international student advisor TODAY before requesting the cancellation
- Changing levels (bachelor’s to master’s or PhD, master’s to PhD, non-degree to degree seeking)?
If you completed one level of study (Academic English, Bridge, bachelor’s, master’s, PhD) in spring or summer and will be beginning a new, different level in fall 2024, please note that you MUST check in with ISSS in August 2024. If you are traveling internationally this summer, note that your I-20 will be changed, and we need to report to the U.S. government that you plan to return and will be pursuing a new degree level. You will need the new I-20 to re-enter the U.S., so please visit our office prior to your departure
- ISSS hours in summer
ISSS will remain open throughout the summer from Monday to Friday, 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. Pacific time. Open advising hours those days will remain available in person or over Zoom between 1 and 3 p.m. Feel free to contact our office during these times if you need to speak with an International Student Advisor.
- Summer health insurance – Pullman only
The Health Fee is not automatically assessed if:
- During the fall/spring, a student is taking less than 7 credits, or
- During the summer, a student is not enrolled.
Therefore, for students to access Cougar Health Services and CAPS over summer, including Fulbright students, ABD and not on an assistantship (likely enrolled in 2 credits), or if they are not taking classes during the summer, students would need to opt-in for the Health Fee to be seen at CHS/CAPS. Students should still be covered under insurance, though.
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