Information and Admission Requirements for F-1 Students and Those With Other Statuses
Resource Information for International Students
The following information is a general guidance to help international students navigate the changing immigration landscape. Please note that this is generalized information and is subject to change, based on current statute and federal law.
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provides updates on official government policies related to immigration into the United States.
- Informed Immigrant offers important resources for immigrants and allies.
- American Civil Liberties Union provides information and resources to help defend the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States.
- The Asylum Clinic Kansas City is a nonprofit that provides legal services to immigrants.
- La Luz Immigration Clinic is a full service immigration law firm sponsored by Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas.
- McCrummen & McCullick Immigration Law is a local law firm that provides employment, family-based asylum, immigration relief for victims of domestic violence, crime, naturalization, and federal appeals.
- Know Your Rights AILA: American Immigration Lawyers Association provides resources on your rights in the United States.
If you are a citizen of a country other than the US, reside abroad and wish to be a full time student at JCCC, you must obtain an I-20 form from us to be eligible to apply for an F-1 visa to enter the US as an international student.
Below is information on the requirements you must fulfill to be admitted to JCCC as a new, transfer, visiting or change of status F-1 student, what you need to know once you are accepted as an F-1 student and what admission requirements you need to meet if your status is other than F-1.
- Arriving F-1
Here's what you need to do once you're in the U.S. - New F-1
You are living outside the US and want to be a full-time student at JCCC. - Transfer F-1
You are an F-1 student at another US College and want to transfer to JCCC. - Visiting F-1
You are an F-1 student at another US college and just want to take a class or two at JCCC. - Change of status to F-1
You are in the US on a visa and want to change status to become an F-1 student at JCCC. - Minor age F-1
What you need to consider if you are under age 18 and want to come to JCCC as an F-1 student - Current F-1 student
What you need to know once you are an F-1 student at JCCC. - Statuses other than F-1
Information about admission requirements for students whose status is other than F-1