Students: Welcome/Welcome Back!

January 22, 2019

The ISSO welcomes new international students to campus! Welcome back to students returning for the spring semester! Review our beginning of term reminders and resources.

Here are some beginning of term reminders and resources:

  1. Check out our Immigration Essentials YouTube playlist. Click the Closed Captioning (CC) button on the lower right of the video toolbar for English subtitles.
     
  2. Be sure to be registered full-time by the end of day on Friday, February 1st, the end of the normal registration period.
     
  3. Working on campus or receiving a Columbia stipend for the first time? Review Payment from Columbia and how to apply for a Social Security Number.
     
  4. New to Columbia this spring or returning after a leave with a new I-20 / DS-2019? Be sure to Report Your Arrival and refer to information on Your First Week and Resources for Students on our website.
     
  5. Follow us on Twitter at @ISSOColumbia, the official Twitter home of Columbia University's ISSO. Follow us for deadlines, reminders, events, tips, and fun facts!

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