Please read this information as a guide to help you with your remote studies and to maintain valid immigration status.
Contents:
- Is summer your final term at WSU? Important status information
- Graduation Fair – Pullman campus
- Food access resource – Pullman campus
- Tax time! Sprintax software available and workshop scheduled
- Is summer your final term at WSU? Important status information
If summer 2021 will be your last term, remember these important immigration status points!
Full time enrollment or an approved reduced course load is required.
- Undergraduate: 6 credits
- Graduate: 3 credits
If you have any questions about these requirements, please contact ISSS or your local DSO.
- Graduation Fair – Pullman campus
If you will graduate this spring 2021, make sure to sign up for graduation. The Spring Grad Fair will be virtual, so please visit Spring Grad Fair page on Commencement for more details.
- Food access resource – Pullman Campus
USDA food boxes are available FREE for food-insecure individuals and families.
Wednesday, March 24, 2021, between noon and 2 p.m.
1300 SE Sunnymead Way
- Tax time! Sprintax software available and workshop
It is time for taxes. IP-ISSS is offering materials for your convenience.
Did you have NO income in 2020?
International students who did not receive U.S.-based income should still file a tax form, Form 8843, prior to June 1, 2021. You can also download the form at https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8843.pdf
Did you have income in 2020? Do you have dependents?
GOOD NEWS! ISSS offers FREE access to online tax preparation software specifically designed for international students. This software is available now.
You can log in to myPassport.wsu.edu and select Tax Software to fill out the form.
International students who were employed at WSU in calendar year 2020 should have received a report of wage earnings (form W-2) from the Payroll Service Office. Students should use this form to complete and send their tax return to the U.S. government. Tax returns are due by April 15, 2021.
Sprintax Preparation Workshop (Pullman)
ISSS will offer one more workshop about how to use Sprintax, an online tax program for F-1 and J-1 visa holders.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 | 3:30 p.m. (Pullman time)
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android: https://wsu.zoom.us/j/93333140807?pwd=SFdGdVFJNVIwbzRSRzdNczRuTXM4dz09
Meeting ID: 933 3314 0807
Passcode: 517450
Reminder: No tax advice will be given at this workshop. This is only to help you learn about the online program that will guide you through your U.S taxes.
This Advisory and previous issues are posted at https://ip.wsu.edu/on-campus/immigration-advisories.
If you have any questions about the above announcements, please contact International Student and Scholar Services.
- WSU Pullman students contact +1 509-335-4508 or intlservices@wsu.edu
- WSU Vancouver students contact Caitlyn Schock at +1 360-546-9514 or dso@wsu.edu
- WSU Spokane students contact Kristie Brink at +1 509-358-7963 or kkclark@wsu.edu
- WSU Everett students contact Anna McLeod at +1 425-405-1727 or mcleod2@wsu.edu
- WSU Tri-Cities students contact Karina Barajas at +1 509-372-7358 or barajas@wsu.edu
Office of International Programs
PO Box 645121, Pullman, WA, 99164-5121 USA