Updating Your Contact Information
All F-1 and J-1 students are required to report and maintain a local U.S. address and phone number with the Department of Homeland Security within 10 days of initial arrival and within 10 days of any change. This address must be your local U.S. residential address with room number (if you live in a residence hall) or apartment number (if you live in an apartment). Campus departmental addresses, P.O. boxes and foreign addresses are not acceptable addresses for immigration purposes.
Current SIUE Students
Report or update your mailing and billing addressand phone number through CougarNet. Please refer to the Updating Your Contact Information example or visit the Service Center in Rendleman Hall to update your contact information in person.
The SIUE Office of International Affairs will forward this address electronically to the Department of Homeland Security through SEVIS.
SIUE Students on F-1 OPT
Use the OPT Reporting Form and report, within 10 days, any changes to the following information:
- Contact information (name, address, phone, email)
- Employer information (name, address, position)
The information you update will be stored in the SIUE Office of International Affairs and is used for reporting to SEVIS as mandated by federal regulations. Students who fail to report this information violate their F-1 status and may endanger their future benefits or opportunities in the United States.
SIUE Students on J-1 Academic Training
Report to your international advisor by email (isss@siue.edu), within 10 days, any changes to the following information:
- Contact information (name, address, phone, email)
- Employer information (name, address, position)
The information you update will be stored in the SIUE Office of International Affairs and is used for reporting to SEVIS as mandated by federal regulations. Students who fail to report this information violate their J-1 status and may endanger their future benefits or opportunities in the United States.
