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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Good afternoon International Lions,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">The Office of International Programs (OIP) have important updates for all our F-1 students in preparation for the upcoming Fall semester. Please read all the information and
 instructions below as this information may apply to you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:red">Message: Students who have pending I-20 request with OIP please have patience currently as we are a bit delayed due to SEVIS registration process. Your I-20’s will be issued and
 sent to you within next week earliest. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black;background:white">SEVIS Fall Registration and F-1 Status Termination</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black;background:white">OIP has been reporting our student enrollment between (22<sup>nd</sup> September to 26<sup>th</sup> September ). At this time, if you are improperly enrolled
 for the fall semester and have not given a valid reason for not being enrolled improperly, your SEVIS record will be terminated, and you will be required to return home. Please read the Reduced course load section for further information.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">
 Please also review our </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"><a href="https://inside.tamuc.edu/campusLife/campusServices/internationalStudentServices/documents/Full_Course_of_Study_Requirement.pdf">full course of study instructions</a><span style="color:black"> so
 you are compliance with your F-1 status at all times<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black;background:white"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Reduced Course Load</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Students are eligible for reduced course load for the following circumstances: F-1 students are required to maintain full time student status every semester they are studying
 in the United States. Undergraduate are expected to complete 12 semester hours and graduates are expected complete 9 semester hours during Fall and Spring Semester. (Summer classes are optional unless your first semester at A&M Commerce. If Summer is your
 first semester, then you must complete 6 hours (i.e. full time for summer).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">1.For valid academic difficulties (allowed only in one semester during an entire degree program).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">2.Medical excuse (allowed for a maximum of 1 year during an entire degree program)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">3.Final Semester (does not require special authorization; if you fail to graduate, you may need to apply for reinstatement).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">4. Dissertation ( Select final semester and in the form note down that you are in Dissertation, provide class section number)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black;background:white">If the above circumstances apply to you and are </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"><a href="https://dms.tamuc.edu/Forms/Reduced-Course-Load"><span style="background:white">less
 than full time</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white"> please fill in the </span><a href="https://dms.tamuc.edu/Forms/Reduced-Course-Load"><span style="background:white">Reduced Course Load (RCL) form</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black;background:white"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black;background:white">Program Extension</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black;background:white">Students who are expecting to complete their degree program at a later date than stated in their I-20 MUST apply for a program extension 45 days prior to their
 I-20 expiration date. Failure to do this may impact your F-1 status that may require you to leave the country as you will be “out of status”. Click here to apply for </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"><a href="https://idp.https/dms.tamuc.edu/Forms/Program-Extension-Request"><span style="background:white">Program
 Extension</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Address Update</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">If you have updated your personal address with OIP since your arrival at TAMUC or have changed living arrangements during the summer, please fill out this </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"><a href="https://dms.tamuc.edu/Forms/Address-Update-Request">address
 update form</a><span style="color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Also, please make sure to update your address in </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"><a href="https://idp.tamuc.edu/idp/profile/cas/login?execution=e2s1">MYLEO
 portal</a><span style="color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">International Student Health Insurance</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">According to the Texas A&M University System regulation, international students on F-1 Visas are required to hold insurance that meets the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirements
 as well as provides repatriation and medical evacuation. International Students are defined as students who are not United States citizens or permanent residents of the United States. International Students are REQUIRED to maintain approved health insurance
 coverage continuously while enrolled and attending a Texas A&M System institution, unless the student provides proof of coverage that meets the Texas A&M University Systems waiver requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Fall Insurance:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"><img border="0" width="388" height="200" style="width:4.0416in;height:2.0833in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.png@01D9ED55.5142DDC0" alt="Texas A&M University System 
Student Health Insurance Plan 
2023-2024 Final Premium Rates 
International JI/ FI Visa Holders 
Medical 
Student 
Spouse 
Children 
Snouse & Ch' dren 
Early Arrival 
8/1/2023 
through 
8/31/2023 
252.00 
252.00 
417.00 
669.00 
Fall 
9/1/2023 
through 
12/31/2023 
1,010.00 
1,010.00 
1,672.00 
2,682.00 "></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times">Early Fall Arrival: (Only new incoming students International Students who came to the U.S. the first time ) – Coverage 8/1/2039 through 8/31/2023.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times">Fall Coverage: 09/1/2023 through 12/31/2023.
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">If you do not have this charge in your student accounts, please contact </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"><a href="mailto:intlinsurance@tamuc.edu">intlinsurance@tamuc.edu</a><span style="color:black"> .
 Please note: All insurance cards will be sent digitally.</span> Please note that if there is a missing charge on your account in the previous semester or upcoming semester OIP will go back charge the student’s accounts for the cost of the insurance. (No exception
 will be made) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Traveling?</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Travel plans:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"> If you are travelling outside the United States, please be ensured of the travel requirements
 for the respective country. The International Travel is currently unpredictable. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Here is the link for requesting a travel signature I-20:  </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"><a href="https://dms.tamuc.edu/Forms/OIP-Student?_ga=2.214452439.1161533756.1632749386-1709939391.1631908158">travel
 signature</a><span style="color:blue">.  </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:blue"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Required Documents for International Travel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times">Un expired F-1 visa<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:middle">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times">Travel I-20 with DSO signature on it. (Second page) Must be valid 6 months from the date signed by the DSO) <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Please note that you may not be able to enter the U.S. without a COVID vaccination unless you are exempt. For more information check out </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/international-travel/index.html">CDC</a><span style="color:black"> webpage.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Graduating Fall 2023?</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times">Click here to apply for <a href="https://inside.tamuc.edu/admissions/registrar/graduation/graduationSteps.aspx">Graduation</a>. The graduation application will open the first two weeks of classes.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:middle">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times">Optional Practical Training (OPT) / STEM OPT (Apply OPT 90 days prior to Graduation, Apply STEM prior to the expiration of your OPT): Attend our workshops to learn about OPT/STEM extension. Join us for these
 sessions as this will be informative on learning the rules and regulation with work authorization as a F-1 Student. <b>Sign up for our upcoming workshops today </b><a href="https://manesync.tamuc.edu/oip/events/">https://manesync.tamuc.edu/oip/events/</a>.
 The sessions last may last for 1 hour & 30 minutes and will be conducted via Zoom.<b> </b>We look forward to seeing to then.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:middle">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times">Invite your immediate family to attend graduation ceremony: Please submit your request <a href="https://dms.tamuc.edu/Forms/Graduation-Invitation-Letter">here</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Sign up for our upcoming workshops today </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"><a href="https://manesync.tamuc.edu/oip/events/">https://manesync.tamuc.edu/oip/events/</a>. The
 sessions last may last for 1 hour & 30 minutes and will be conducted via Zoom.<b> </b>We look forward to seeing to then.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">If you plan not to participate on OPT: </span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:red;background:white">Please respond to this email to update us on your
 status.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:#0D0D0D;background:white">Are You Transferring to Another School ?</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:#0D0D0D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;background:white">If you are transferring to another school fill out the </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"><a href="https://dms.tamuc.edu/Forms/OIP-Student"><b><span style="background:white">transfer
 out form</span></b></a><span style="background:white"> and upload your acceptance letter. </span><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:#0D0D0D;background:white">Did You Depart the U.S.?</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:#0D0D0D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;background:white">If you departed the U.S.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;background:white"> provide a copy of your departing flight itinerary, your visa</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black;background:white">, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;background:white">and
 immigration record will be terminated for <b>NON-NEGATIVE</b> reason. This will allow to apply for future visas to reenter the U.S.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:#0D0D0D">·         <b>If You do NOT Depart the U.S., </b>your visa and immigration record may be <b>terminated</b>.
<b>This will leave a permanent negative mark on your U.S. immigration history and may result in a denial of any future entry to the U.S. or future benefits allotted to F-1 visa holders.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Click </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"><a href="https://inside.tamuc.edu/campuslife/CampusServices/internationalStudentServices/documents/LeaveofAbsence.pdf">here</a><span style="color:black"> to
 learn about how to process to leave of absence. Please fill out the </span><a href="https://inside.tamuc.edu/campuslife/campusServices/internationalstudentservices/documents/LeaveofAbsenceF16Revision.pdf">OIP leave of absence form</a><span style="color:black"> our
 OIP record and email us your departure information. Email this information to </span><a href="mailto:intl.stu@tamuc.edu">intl.stu@tamuc.edu</a><span style="color:black">.   </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:red;background:white">In Need of Immediate Action</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;background:white">If you have applied with USCIS for another visa status or have been admitted to another university, please communicate with our office, and provide documentation to our office by to </span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">September
 25 </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black">to<b><span style="background:white"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;background:white">avoid a negative termination.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black;background:white">The Office of International Programs is here to assist you in your journey to success. If you have any questions or concerns, please email </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"><a href="mailto:intl.stu@tamuc.edu"><b><span style="background:white">intl.stu@tamuc.edu</span></b></a><span style="color:black;background:white"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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