New Student Late Arrival Form

This is a mandatory form for late arrivals (after January 13, 2025)

If your arrival in the US is planned after January 13, 2025, please contact your department to request late arrival permission. It is essential to obtain written confirmation from your academic department, confirming your full-time enrollment status for the Fall 2024 semester. Towards the end of this form, you will be required to upload the department's written approval for your late arrival. The latest a student may request to arrive will be 2 weeks after the start of their program.

Please be aware that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) may deny entry to F-1 students who arrive after their program start date. Once you secure permission from your professors and obtain approval for late arrival, a Designated School Official (DSO) will add late arrival remarks to your SEVIS record and issue an updated I-20.

Download the department late arrival approval letter template. Your department should complete and sign your approval letter. Submit the completed letter in this request.