To maintain your F-1 or J-1 status, you must complete three steps after arriving in the U.S.

• Update your local address in MyAccess
• Upload check-in documents to document portal account
• Attend an Immigration and Compliance Session

Update your local address and phone number

• Log in to MyAccess with your NetID and password.
• Click the “Personal Information” tab.
• Select “View/Access Addresses and Phone Numbers”
• Select “Update Addresses and Phones”
• Select “Local Off-Campus and click “insert”
• Input your local address and phone number and save. The end date (until this date) field can be left blank.

Document Check-in

Please upload the following documents to your document portal account:

• Copy of F-1 or J-1 visa and admission stamp (if you received an admission stamp)
• I-94 record

Immigration and Compliance Session

LL.M. Summer Experience students will need to attend a session during the first week of Foundations.

All other students will need to attend a session during Orientation.  Please see your Orientation schedule for date, time, and location.

It is important that you attend the session, even if you have already been in F-1 or J-1 status at another university.  Georgetown has many Georgetown-specific policies, and we want to make sure that you understand our policies and your responsibilities before the year begins.