Change of Address

Information F-1 International students/schaolars need to know when changing addresses

STUDENT’S RESPONSIBILTIES:

Notify the Office of International Student and Scholar Services at any time that you have a change of address (ON or OFF CAMPUS) during your studies at Buffalo State (this also includes your Optional Practical Training time period if you are doing so).

Fill out Form AR11 with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security within 10 days of any move. You can do this in one of two ways:

Come to the Office of International Student and Scholar Services and we will give you the Form AR11 that you will need to fill out (we will then make a copy of it, put the copy in your folder and then mail the original out for you to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security).

If you cannot make it to the Office of International Student and Scholar Services to get a form, you can download Form AR11 from the USCIS website and mail it to the address listed on the form. Their website is as follows: http://www.uscis.gov/ar-11

Fill out student address card with the Office of International Student and Scholar Services for our files (we will give you an address card when you come and see us).

Notify Registrar’s Office in Moot Hall so that your information is changed on the school’s records. (The Registrar’s Office does not notify our office of any change of address that you may give them).

Notify all others that you may receive mail from such as: utility companies, cell phone companies, magazine subscriptions, insurance companies, banks, etc. credit card companies, Department of Motor Vehicles

LIVING OFF CAMPUS?

Notify the local United States Post Office if you are living off campus and moving to another address. This helps you so that if you get any mail delivered to you at your old address – your mail will be forwarded to your new address. But in order to do this, you will first need to fill out a change of address form from the United States Post Office. You can also do this online in the “Receiving your Mail” link found on the following website: www.usps.com

Put your name on the mailbox of your home so that the mailman knows that you are living in your place of residence. They do not have to deliver to the house if they don’t see your name on the mailbox. If they do not see your name on the mailbox – they have no way of knowing that you live in that residence. Many times, our office receives mail that was returned to us from the Post Office saying “Not Deliverable as Addressed” “Return to Sender, Unable to Forward” “Address Unknown”

LIVING ON CAMPUS AND ARE MOVING OFF CAMPUS:

Fill out a forwarding address card with the Residence Life Office so that they can forward your mail. (They will only forward 1^st class mail to you).

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT AND SCHOLAR SERVICES RESPONSIBILITIES FOR STUDENT’S CHANGE OF ADDRESS: