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International Student and Scholar Services

International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS)

We support the success of over 1,000 international students, scholars, faculty, and staff at ÎçÒ¹AV.

WELCOME

We strive to connect our international community across all campuses of ÎçÒ¹AV. We provide comprehensive immigration-related advising services and offer a variety of programming and events to actively engage international students and scholars on-campus and throughout the City of Chicago.

Important Reminders

The official start of the Spring 2025 semester is January 13, 2025*. If you expect to be late in arriving or returning to the U.S., please inform ISSS and be sure to communicate with your professors.

When travelling, always remember to have a valid passport, U.S. visa, and Form I-20 or DS-2019 on your person (not in your checked luggage). Additional evidence may be requested. For more information, please read the Travel Instructions on the ISSS Current F-1 Student page and Homeland Security's page on .

Contact information of your ISSS team (isss@LUC.edu, 773-508-3899). For urgent Port of Entry issues ONLY, please contact Campus Safety at 773-508-7233.

*Quinlan School of Business (graduate level), School of Law, and some Health Science majors have a different start date. 

 

WELCOME

We strive to connect our international community across all campuses of ÎçÒ¹AV. We provide comprehensive immigration-related advising services and offer a variety of programming and events to actively engage international students and scholars on-campus and throughout the City of Chicago.

Important Reminders

The official start of the Spring 2025 semester is January 13, 2025*. If you expect to be late in arriving or returning to the U.S., please inform ISSS and be sure to communicate with your professors.

When travelling, always remember to have a valid passport, U.S. visa, and Form I-20 or DS-2019 on your person (not in your checked luggage). Additional evidence may be requested. For more information, please read the Travel Instructions on the ISSS Current F-1 Student page and Homeland Security's page on .

Contact information of your ISSS team (isss@LUC.edu, 773-508-3899). For urgent Port of Entry issues ONLY, please contact Campus Safety at 773-508-7233.

*Quinlan School of Business (graduate level), School of Law, and some Health Science majors have a different start date.