Category: New Version I-20
F-1 Student Questionnaire: Do you have a New Version I-20?
All students in continuing F-1 status will be required to have an updated version I-20 before July 1, 2016. Changes were also made to the Form I-20 for F-2 dependents. Over the course of this school year, the ISSO will be issuing new version I-20s to all continuing F-1 students and their F-2 dependents:
Boston University ISSO has been actively issuing new version I-20s since last summer, but we want to make sure all BU students have the new form before it becomes required.
RESPONSE REQUIRED: In order to identify whether you need a new version I-20 at this time, please check your most recent Form I-20 and complete our on-line questionnaire no later than Friday, February 5. Please respond whether or not you have (or need) a new version form, so that we know that you are in compliance before the deadline.
- Respond here to the New Version I-20 Questionnaire
ISSO staff will begin to reissue new version I-20s for all students who still need them this coming week, and will let you know when your new version form is ready for pick up.
Redesigned Form I-20 Reflects SEVIS Updates
The Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) was upgraded in June of 2015 to revise the look and data contained on the redesigned Form I-20 for F-1 students.
All students in continuing F-1 status will be required to have an updated version I-20 before July 1, 2016. Changes were also made to the Form I-20 for F-2 dependents. Over the course of this school year, the ISSO will be issuing new version I-20s to all continuing F-1 students and their F-2 dependents:
- If you have an I-20 issued on or after June 29, 2015, then you already have a new version I-20. You may have received a new version I-20, for instance, to reflect a new admission, change of major, program extension, or if you received an authorization for CPT or a recommendation for OPT.
- For students traveling out of the U.S. this winter over the Thanksgiving holiday or Winter Intersession, the ISSO will be issuing new version I-20s along with all travel signature requests.
- If you are not traveling this winter, the ISSO will be reissuing new version I-20s to all continuing students in the spring of 2016.
- If your F-1 program will be ending before June 2016, then you will not need a new version I-20, as this requirement will not go into effect until July 1, 2016.
Have you received your New Version I-20? Respond to our questionnaire here.