Office of International Students & Scholars PRE-ORIENTATION NEWSLETTER August 2019 NEW UPDATES! NEW! “E-Check-in” Opon You can now UPLOAD CHECK-IN DOCUMENTS ONLINE via the OISS Portal! Save tons of me by subming copies/pictures of your documents (passport, visa, port-of-entry stamp in passport, I-20 or DS-2019, I-94, etc.) along with the online Check-in Form before coming to OISS. Don’t forget to click “Submit for Approval” aſter uploading so we get the noficaon that you have started the E-Check-in process! Remember, you will sll be required to aend the “Advisor Session” part of Check-in for our mandatory presentaon. :) With orientaon quickly approaching, we can’t wait to meet you. We have just a few final reminders for you regarding your compliance requirements upon arrival. The Complete Process The internaonal graduate student post-arrival intake process is 4 STEPS: 1. Document check-in – immigraon documents to be verified by OISS for compliance NEW! E-Check-in opon (complete this step before coming to OISS) In-Person opon (bring your immigraon documents to OISS for copies) 2. Advisor Session (preferably completed by August 15 or 16) 3. ESTHER address update (hps://esther.rice.edu) 4. GIO – Graduate Internaonal Orientaon (August 19 and 20, hosted by OISS) All parts must be completed by Tuesday, August 20 to avoid a registraon hold. Upon compleng all 4 required steps, you will be in compliance and ready to begin your program! For details please visit hp://oiss.rice.edu/orientaon (screenshot shown below). 1. When can I upload my documents? Answer: Right Away! 2. When can I aend the OISS check-in? Answer: See the schedule on our website at hps://oiss.rice.edu/orientaon and click on “STEP 2: Advisor Session.” No registraon required. 3. How long does this take? Answer: If you uploaded all check-in documents online, you only need to aend the “Advisor Ses- sion” presentaon, which is about 1 hour. If you will bring your physical documents to OISS for copies instead of the “E-Check-in”, it will take about 1.5 hours.