New Student Check-In

Required check-in appointment for new and transfer F-1 students  (first semester).

Graduate New Student Check-In Appointment

 

Undergraduate New Student Check-in Appointment

Note: Please pay attention to the follow-up message after you make your appointment. There will be special instructions you need to follow. Before your new student appointment, you will also need to watch the "Maintaining your Immigration Status" presentation online.

Travel Consultation

Need a travel signature? Questions about traveling overseas? Want to check-in after a trip abroad?

Note: if you need a travel signature, please bring your current I-20 and passport. More information on travel can be found here.

Travel Consultation Appointment

Employment Consultation

Ready to apply for OPT or CPT? Questions about other employment issues?

Note: Requesting social security letters does not require an appointment. See Social Security for more information. For information about OPT see OPT Students. For information about CPT see CPT Students.

Employment Consultation Appointment

Academic Consultation

Did you change your major? Do you need a program extension? Going straight from one program level to another?

Academic Consultation Appointment

Personal Consultation

Need to discuss something personal?

Note: For serious personal issues, we strongly encourage students to see a counselor at the Student Counseling Center. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis and need to speak with someone immediately, call the Texas Tech Crisis HelpLine at 806-742-5555.

Personal Consultation Appointment

Financial Consultation

Questions about financial issues?

Note: Please keep in mind that the ISSS office provides very little direct funding to students. We will do our best to help, but our resources are limited. For emergency grant information please contact Beth Mora.

Financial Consultation Appointment

Family Immigration Consultation

If you need help with an immigration-related family matter please choose this appointment type.

Note: If you have an F-2 spouse who would like to do a change of status to F-1 to attend Texas Tech, the spouse should make the appointment to see his/her assigned counselor based on his/her family name.

Family Immigration Consultation Appointment

J-1 Student/Scholar Consultation

For advising related to J-1 Exchange visitor issues.

Click here to make a Student Appointment

 

Click here to make a Scholar appointment

H-1B or Permanent Residency Consultation

For faculty and staff with questions about their immigration and employment status.

 

H-1B Appointment

 

Permanent Residency Appointment

Sponsored Students

You are a sponsored student ONLY if your full tuition is being paid by a third party like a government, corporation, or international organization. If a family member is paying for your tuition, you are not a sponsored student.

Sponsored Student Appointment