ISSO Services and Appointment Scheduling for International Faculty, Scholars & Employees

The ISSO Scholar Services team is available for both in-person and virtual appointments. Please review the options below to schedule a meeting or to request a particular service or assistance.

These appointments and services are intended for faculty, researchers, employees, and associated department administrators and NOT for current Boston University students. Current students should schedule an appointment with the student team. New incoming students should send questions via email to issogac@bu.edu.

If you are visiting our office in person, we encourage you to take public transportation or, if you travel by car, to access BU parking or metered street parking as we do not have any specific ISSO parking.

Virtual
New J-1 Exchange Visitor Orientation and Check-in

New J-1 Exchange Visitors are required to attend orientation as part of their ISSO Clearance and check-in process. New J-1 Scholars receiving a BU salary will also need to schedule a New Employee I-9/15-minute advising appointment to complete the I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification in-person.

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In-Person
New Employee I-9 Employment Verification or 15-Minute Advising Appointment

In-Person appointments for new and continuing scholars as well as department administrators are available for certain services:

  • I-9 employment eligibility verification
  • J-1 DS-2019 travel signature request
  • Other questions pertaining to travel, visa, employment, and immigration processing
In-Person
New H-1B Orientation and Overview

In-person appointments for new employees in the H-1B as well as for continuing employees who have been approved for a change of status from another immigration classification to H-1B are available. New H-1B employees will complete the I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification during this time and do not need to schedule a separate in-person I-9 appointment.

In-Person
Virtual
Check-in and Clearance for (non-J-1) Visiting Students, Visiting Researchers or other affiliates

New Visiting Students, Visiting Researchers or other affiliates who are not sponsored under BU’s J-1 Exchange Visitor designation are encouraged to check-in with us remotely. Please e-mail your scholar advisor and attach the Scholar & Employee Clearance Form, your Visiting Researcher or Visiting Scholar appointment letter which would have been provided by your host department, and a copy of all relevant immigration documents (i.e. passport, entry stamp, visa, etc.)

If preferred, you are welcome to check-in at the ISSO front desk during normal business hours (M,T,Th,F 9am – 5pm; W 12pm – 5pm).

Virtual
Advising appointment

International scholars. employees and department administrators can request a remote appointment to discuss all matters pertaining to travel, visa, employment, and immigration processing.

In-Person
Document drop-off or pick-up at ISSO front desk
(no advising component or review with Scholar Services)

Scholars, employees and department administrators who have either received confirmation from ISSO Scholar Services that a document is available for pick-up or have paperwork to drop-off for a member of the Scholar Services team can do so during normal business hours (M, T, Th, F 9am – 5pm; W 12pm – 5pm). If you have questions or prefer to drop-off or pick-up with a Scholar Services team member, please schedule a 15-minute (in-person) advising appointment instead.

No Appointment Needed