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New Travel Process

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New Travel Process for International Students, Scholars and Dependents

ISSS has a new process to report international travel and request a travel signature on your Form I-20 or DS-2019. International students, scholars and dependents need a valid travel signature on their immigration document any time they enter the United States after a trip abroad. The signature is given on the travel endorsement section of your document. Once issued, the travel signature is valid for 12 months, or for 6 months if you are an F-1 student on post-completion OPT.

  1. Online Travel Information Record

All international students and visiting scholars who will travel outside the United States should complete the online Travel Information record. This form, along with full travel signature guidelines, can be accessed on our travel webpage.

International students log in to the ISSS portal through the link using their Net ID and password. International scholars (visitors for research or teaching, including student researchers) login in to the ISSS portal using your email address and a password that you set. If you are a visiting scholar and do not yet have login credentials, please email international@uconn.edu.

  1. J-1 Visa Medical Insurance Confirmation Record

If you are on a J-1 visa, you must also make sure that you have an up to date Medical Insurance Confirmation record submitted through the ISSS Portal. If you already submitted this record, you may view your form by visiting isssportal.uconn.edu and viewing your submitted applications on your User Home Page. If you have not yet submitted the Medical Insurance Confirmation record, please do so here.

  1. Bring your most recent I-20 or DS-2019 and other required support documents to ISSS. 

Enrolled students with F and J visas need to bring the Full Time Enrollment Verification from the Registrar showing all semesters you have been enrolled at UConn.

Visiting scholars who will travel for academic purposes need to bring the J-1 Scholar Out of Country Request Form.

Once all documents are submitted, processing can take around one week. Or, visit ISSS Storrs during Walk-In Travel signature week to receive your travel signature on the spot.

Contact ISSS with further questions.

8-Hour Safe Driving Program Offered @ Storrs Campus

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If you will apply for a Connecticut Driver’s License, you must take an 8 Hour Safe Driving course before you can obtain your license. Please see full license procedures on the ISSS webpage.

ISSS is excited to announce that we have collaborated with AAA Driving School to offer the 8-Hour Safe Driving program at the UConn Storrs campus. We anticipate that the course will be held monthly through the end of the academic year.

AAA will provide the course and handle all registration directly. Students may register and pay for the course online at www.aaa.com/drivingschool . Please direct any questions to AAA.

Courses in 2018 will take place:

Nov 17 & 24: 9 am – 1 pm, Chemistry Building A120

Dec 8 & 15: 9 am – 1 pm, Chemistry Building A120

You must attend both dates in the month to complete the course (for example, attend both November 17 and November 24).

We hope this will make it a bit easier for international students who live on campus to obtain their driver’s license. Students and scholars who live in neighboring towns may also use the services of local driving schools in your towns.

ISSS Sponsors Airport Shuttle – BDL to UConn Storrs – January 20

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ISSS will sponsor a shuttle to help new and returning students get from the airport to campus for Spring 2019 semester. The shuttle will run only on January 20 (move in day for residence halls) between Bradley Airport and Storrs campus. The shuttle will pick up every 2.5 hours at Bradley Airport between 10 am and 8 pm, and drop off at the UConn Storrs campus (pick up/drop off locations still to be determined). This service will be free for UConn students, visiting scholars and accompanying family members. If you anticipate using this shuttle, please complete a Bradley Airport Arrival Form. This is not a reservation form, but will notify ISSS how many students may use this service. We will send detailed information on pick-up and drop-off locations to students who complete the form.