For you to return to RPI, you must first apply for readmission with the appropriate office.
- For undergraduates, contact the Office of Student Success
- For graduate students, contact the Office of Graduate Education
The process to return to RPI has two parts:
- You are approved by the appropriate office to return to RPI (either Student Success or OGE); and
- You apply for a new I-20 from ISSS.
Complete the readmission application first, then submit the I-20 application documents to ISSS while you wait for the decision on your readmission. We cannot issue the I-20 until after you are approved to return, but can review your documentation in advance to speed up the processing time. I-20s will be issued and sent electronically to you.
Readmitted international students return on a new, initial I-20. This means that the student:
- will have a new SEVIS number
- must pay a new SEVIS fee
- must have an unexpired F-1 visa before returning to the U.S.
- cannot enter the U.S. in F-1 status more than 30 days before the start date on the new I-20
In addition, all readmitted international students are required to submit new proof of financial support.
You can apply for a new I-20 before you have been readmitted, but ISSS cannot issue the I-20 until after your readmission has been approved.
Email ISSS to request access to the online process to apply for a readmission I-20 at ISSSoffice@rpi.edu.
- Readmitted international students are required by law to check-in with the ISSS Office upon return to RPI. ISSS will send you an email within two weeks before the start of your the semester you return with instructions on how to complete the Electronic Check-In process.
- International students are required to enroll in a full-time course load for the semester they return to RPI. Please keep this in mind if you will return in the summer semester, as you must be enrolled full-time to maintain your F-1 status.
- For undergraduate students, the immigration requirement is 12 credits.
- For graduate students, the immigration requirement is 9 credits.
