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Go to your  and enter your current:

• U.S. Mailing Address
• Telephone number
• Home email (your campus email will be the student csulb.edu account)

This information must be updated and accurate to have your visa registered with the government immigration system.

Learn more: Using MyºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú Personal Information.

Save clear images of these immigration documents as a JPG or PDF file on your personal device:

• F-1 Visa page
• Passport Information page
• Most recent entry stamp or  (saved as a PDF or JPEG file) 
• Copy of ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú form I-20 pages 1 and 2 with your signature

Fall 2024 Students: If you did not complete the check in process and have a CIE Check In hold on your account, please email cie-iss@csulb.edu for further instructions

Spring 2025 New Students: Immigration check-in form opens on December 22,2024. Deadline to complete the check-in form for Spring 2025 is February 21, 2025. Check In will take place on the Center for International Education Course on Canvas. 

Accessing Canvas: New international students will receive an invitation via their student email address to join the Center for International Education Canvas Course. You must accept this invitation to join the course. If you have not received this invitation or cannot locate it, please email us and request to be added to our CIE Canvas Course: cie-iss@csulb.edu 

• If you have not entered the US you will not be eligible to complete the check-in survey
• If you have not verified that your I-94 record shows that you entered the US in F-1 status you will not be eligible to complete the check-in survey
• If you have not updated your MyºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú account with your current US residential address, even if it's a temporary address, you will not be eligible to complete the check-in survey

The clearance of the check-in hold typically takes 3 business days to remove, but during peak submission it may take 7 business days.