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International Student and Scholar Services
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Reporting Your Arrival

You must report your arrival to campus within one week if you are:

  • a new scholar with a BYU DS-2019 newly arrived in the U.S.,
  • a new scholar with a BYUDS-2019 who transferred from another U.S. school,
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Report your arrival by:

  • Collecting your required information
    • passport
    • DS-2019
    • electronic I-94 Arrival Record generated by CBP (Customs and Border Protection) if entered the U.S. by air OR requested and paid for if entered by land
    • local address, including apartment number and postal zip code, even if it is temporary. (Remember to keep your contact information updated in your MyBYU.)
  • Logging into our eForms and submitting a New Student Check-in eForm found under the "J-1 Scholar Services" for DS-2019 holders.

Our office will then update your government record and change your status to ACTIVE.