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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Due to a short-term staffing reduction in the ISSSO, we must temporarily extend processing times for certain types of requests. Please see the chart below that reflects our new processing
times. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">We must also temporarily suspend "change of status" and "reinstatement" requests for the fall 2017 semester. Students wishing to change their status will need to do so by travel. Guidance
for this process can be found at </span><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/campusLife/campusServices/internationalStudentServices/change-of-status.aspx"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">http://www.tamuc.edu/campusLife/campusServices/internationalStudentServices/change-of-status.aspx</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Please keep the above changes in mind when submitting your requests in order to allow for the slightly lengthier processing times. We should return to more normal staffing levels, and
normal processing times, by the end of fall semester 2017. In the interim, however, we will work diligently to handle each request expeditiously, but ask for your patience.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Your ISSSO Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Texas A&M University-Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="mailto:New.intl@tamuc.edu">New.intl@tamuc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">903-886-5097<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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