All F-1 and J-1 visa holders are required to report a local U.S. address with the Department of Homeland Security within 10 days of arrival or within 10 days of an address change. The address must be your residential address complete with room number (if you are living within a residence hall) or apartment number. A campus departmental address, a P.O. Box, or a foreign address are not acceptable.
Updating Your Current Address
To report or update your local U.S. address to comply with the address notification requirement use the links below:
J-1 Scholars
Please complete the Address Update form and email it to internationalscholar@uci.edu.
H1-B, TN, and Permanent Residents
To change a place of residences in the U.S., H1-B, TN and Permanent Residents must inform the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of Homeland Security, within 10 days of such change. They must also report this information for dependents here with them. They must fill out a Form AR-11 to report the address change to the USCIS.
Current UCI Students
Please complete the Address Update form and upload the document to the Student Upload Tool
UCI students on F-1 OPT
Complete the OPT Employment Update form for any changes to the information below, then upload the document to the Student Upload Tool
- Name
- Residential address
- Phone and email address
- Employer name
- Employer address
- Employment status