Please read this information as a guide to help you with your studies and to maintain valid immigration status. The information below applies to international students at all campuses.
Contents
- Is summer your final term at WSU? Important status information
- Sign up for graduation
- Your country’s flag pin for graduation
- Tax time! Sprintax software available; register for a webinar
- Is summer your final term at WSU? Important status information
If summer 2023 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.
- Sign up for graduation
If you will graduate this spring, make sure to sign up for graduation. Please visit the WSU Commencement page for more details.
- 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) is offering a graduation flag pin to all international students expected to graduate this spring and who complete a Program Completion eform in myPassport by April 14. The flag pin will be from your home country.
Pullman campus students must pick up their pin at Bryan Hall 206 April 19-28. Students outside Pullman will have their pins mailed if they provide a mailing address. Questions may be directed to ip.intlservices@wsu.edu.
Thank you and congratulations from all of us in ISSS!
- Tax time! Sprintax software available; register for a webinar
ISSS offers free access to a tax preparation software called Sprintax, which is specifically designed for international students and scholars. The deadline for filing 2022 taxes is April 18.
Did you have NO income in 2022?
International students and scholars who did not receive U.S.-based income must still file a tax form called Form 8843 and Sprintax can help you with that.
To have Sprintax help with Form 8843, you may log into myPassport.wsu.edu and select “Tax Software” to fill out the form to request access to Sprintax. A unique verification code will be emailed to you at your WSU email within 3 business days.
You will need to print and mail Form 8843 to: Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service Center, Austin, TX 73301-0215
Did you have income in 2022?
Log into myPassport.wsu.edu and select “Tax Software’’ to fill out the form to request access to Sprintax. A unique verification code will be emailed to you at your WSU email within 3 business days.
International students and scholars who were employed at WSU in 2022 will receive a report of wage earnings called Form W-2 from the Payroll Services Office. W-2s are available now. Students should use this form to complete and submit their tax return.
Did you receive a scholarship for room and board or are you using a tax treaty benefit?
This means you will receive Form 1042-S. The Payroll Services Office is required to issue Form 1042-S no later than March 15. Form 1042-S is mailed to the address you provide in myWSU.
IMPORTANT: You must wait until you receive Form 1042-S to file your taxes.
Tax questions?
Sprintax offers YouTube videos, a blog, and tax webinars.
Webinar dates, times, and registration links
- Wednesday, March 22 @ 11 a.m. PT – Register here
- Wednesday, March 29 @ 10 a.m. PT – Register here
- Thursday, April 6 @ noon PT – Register here
ISSS may not provide tax advice or information on tax treaties. Please consult a tax expert or use the chat function with Sprintax.
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 ip.intlservices@wsu.edu
- WSU Everett, Spokane, Tri-Cities, and Vancouver students contact Nitivia Jones at 1 509-335-2422 or nitivia.jones@wsu.edu