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Contact International Student and Scholar Services

Email:
isss​@nau.edu
Call:
928-523-1520

Additional information

  • ISSS Front desk

8am–5pm Arizona time

928-523-1520

  • Non-medical emergency line 24/7

1-800-285-3943

  • Outside the US and Canada

+1-602-234-9105

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New student check-in

Welcome to NAU

All new international students are required to check-in with International Student and Scholar Services. There are three steps to the check-in process. Step 1 must be completed prior to your arrival to the US while steps 2 and 3 must be completed after you arrive. Without completing all three steps, ISSS will not be able to activate your SEVIS record and you will be considered out of status.

The check-in process

Step 1: upload pre-arrival immigration documents to iNAU Accordion Closed

There are two documents you need to upload to iNAU before traveling to the US

  1. Copy of passport biographical page
  2. Copy of your F-1 or J-1 visa
  3. Copy of your I-20 (F-1 students) or DS-2019 (J-1 students)

Step 2: upload post-arrival immigration documents to iNAU Accordion Closed

There are 6 documents or information you need to upload to iNAU after you arrive in the US:

  1. Copy of your I-20 (F-1 students) or DS-2019 (J-1 students)
  2. Copy of entry stamp in passport
  3. I-94 (electronic version if entering through airport or a paper version if entering at land border port-of-entry)
  4. US phone number
  5. US address
  6. Statement of Understanding

Step 3: in-person check-in Accordion Closed

After arriving in the US you must physically check-in with ISSS either by visiting CIE in Blome Building #2 OR during orientation. Transfer students (coming from another US institution) must check in within 15 days and initial students must check-in within 30 days.

ISSS
Location
Building 2
Blome
523 S. Knoles Drive
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 5598
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Email
isss@nau.edu
Phone
928-523-1520
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