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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Community Updates
For updated information related to NJIT’s response to the Coronavirus health crisis, please see complete announcement of new measures.
For updated information related to NJIT’s response to the Coronavirus health crisis, please see complete announcement of new measures.
Students accepted to a new school in the U.S. you might be eligible to have your SEVIS record transferred. Having your SEVIS record transferred allows you to:
To be eligible, you must maintain your immigration status at NJIT until the day you are transferred. Your new program must begin within 5 months of your last enrollment at NJIT or last day on your Employment Authorization Document (EAD) if on Optional Practical Training (OPT).
Be aware that transferring of your SEVIS record to another institution effectively ends any employment you may have associated with NJIT, including on campus employment and OPT or CPT. Students may not continue to work at NJIT or with NJIT approved CPT or OPT after their SEVIS record has been released to another institution.
Students may choose to transfer their F-1 SEVIS records to another US Institution in order to begin a new program of study at the following times:
Processing time is 7 business days. Please keep this in mind when requesting your Transfer Release Date.
On Campus work authorization: You can continue to work on campus until the day your SEVIS record is transferred.
Traveling: If you are traveling outside the U.S. and plan to reenter after your SEVIS record is transferred, you must reenter with the new I-20 from your new school.
For more information, check out Study in the States’ Instructions for Transferring to Another School as an F-1 student and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s information on Transfers for F-1 students.
Students who have not started their program of study with NJIT should NOT enter the U.S. with the Form I-20 issued to them by NJIT.
Students should enter the U.S. using the Form I-20 from the institution they plan to attend.
If you are not in the U.S. at this time:
If you are already in the U.S., and have entered using the NJIT Form I-20, or transferred your record from another school to NJIT: