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Immigration: Immigration Info for Students

Obtaining a Signature on Your Immigration Document for Travel Purposes

If you travel outside of the U.S., please remember to have your Form I-20 or Form DS-2019 signed by a staff person of the International Center before you travel.

A signature is valid for 6 months (even though your immigration document may say that a signature is valid for one year).

The signature confirms that you are maintaining your legal status in the U.S.
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Since the International Center staff must confirm your full-time status before signing your document, we require at least one week's time to process the form for signature. If you need the document in less than 7 days and we are not able to sign the form in time, you may be responsible for incurring the charges to send the signed document to you via DHL.