Scholar E-Check-in Information Form

This form must be completed by all new international scholars on a non-immigrant visa. International scholars must upload the completed form and the required immigration documents via their OISS Portal account (https://oissportal.rice.edu)

To complete your check-in process, we need your current, local address in the U.S. If you are currently staying in a hotel or with a friend, please provide that address here. During the check-in appointment we will give you instructions on how to update your address once you move to your permanent housing. Please note that you may not use the general Rice address of 6100 Main Street for this purpose.

Please fill in your street number and street name (For example: "1515 Bissonnet Street")
Please fill in your apartment/room number or similar, if applicable (for example: "Apt 5").

If you have an imagineOne (iO) account, please make sure to also update your address there following the same format as above.

If you do not yet have a U.S. phone number, you may leave this field blank. Please make sure to update your phone number in your iO account (if you have one) as soon as possible.

Please make sure to upload immigration documents for each of your dependents in the OISS Portal.

As soon as your dependents arrive in the U.S., please notify OISS so that we may collect copies of their immigration documents. If the plans change and your dependents will no longer be using their dependent status, please notify OISS immediately so that we may cancel their immigration record.

Once you submit this check-in form, you will receive an email with your responses. Please convert the email to a PDF file and upload it to your OISS Portal account together with the following required check-in documents:

• Passport ID page

• I-797 Approval Notice from USCIS

If your H-1B was approved as Consular Processing, or if you have traveled internationally since your change of status to H-1B, please also upload the following:

• Most recent U.S. visa, even if it has already expired (not applicable for Canadian citizens)

• Port of entry stamp form your most recent entry to the U.S. This is the oval shaped stamp that the immigration officer placed in your passport. If it is on the same page with your most recent visa, you may upload one file that has both visible.

• I-94 record – available at https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/ after you enter the U.S.

Once you submit this check-in form, you will receive an email with your responses. Please convert the email to a PDF file and upload it to your OISS Portal account together with the other following required check-in documents.

For more information, please see https://oiss.rice.edu/scholar-orientation.

Once you submit this check-in form, you will receive an email with your responses. Please convert the email to a PDF file and upload it to your OISS Portal account together with the following required check-in documents:

• Passport ID page

• I-797 Approval Notice from USCIS

If your O-1 was approved as Consular Processing, or if you have traveled internationally since your change of status to O-1, please also upload the following:

• Most recent U.S. visa, even if it has already expired (not applicable for Canadian citizens)

• Port of entry stamp form your most recent entry to the U.S. This is the oval shaped stamp that the immigration officer placed in your passport. If it is on the same page with your most recent visa, you may upload one file that has both visible.

• I-94 record – available at https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/ after you enter the U.S.

Once you submit this check-in form, you will receive an email with your responses. Please convert the email to a PDF file and upload it to your OISS Portal account together with the following required check-in documents:

• Passport ID page

• Most recent U.S. visa, even if it has already expired (not applicable for Canadian citizens)

• Port of entry stamp form your most recent entry to the U.S. This is the oval shaped stamp that the immigration officer placed in your passport. If it is on the same page with your most recent visa, you may upload one file that has both visible.

• I-94 record – available at https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/ after you enter the U.S. If you have changed your status to F-1 inside the U.S. since your last entry, the I-94 is available at the bottom of your I-797A Approval Notice from USCIS.