签证 & Immigration 服务 Advising

签证 & Immigration 服务 Advising is committed to offering immigration advising 和 support services that help ensure the academic 和 personal success of our international students 和 scholars, including their families. Additionally, we support departments 和 colleges in hiring international 研究ers 和 faculty. 我们的服务包括:

• Advising on facilitating compliance with U.S. 移民条例
• Assisting with employment 和 tax paperwork
• 援助ing with non-academic, personal 和 cultural challenges
• 支持ing health insurance usage 和 compliance
• Offering financial support for international student professional development through the ISAB Scholarship
• Facilitating the 全球 Certificate Program for ODU faculty, staff 和 graduates assistants
• Providing notary services, support letters, 和 tax filling assistance

国际 students are defined as "non-immigrant" visitors who come to the United States temporarily to take classes or take online courses virtually from anyw在这里 in the world. A non-immigrant is someone who meets one or more of the following criteria:

• intends to stay in the US temporarily.
• does not have US citizenship or legal permanent resident status (a valid "green card")
• currently is in the US on a non-immigrant visa status (without a valid green card)
• applies for a visa to be allowed entry into the US.

In the United States, t在这里 are three primary student visa types: F, J, 和 M.