I-20 Request Form

If you need to add dependent(s) to your SEVIS record, please go to our Dependent Request page. If you need to apply for I-20 extension, please go to our Extension of Stay page.

Please use the Request for I-20 form to obtain a new I-20 for the following reasons:

  • to replace your lost document
  • to update your financial information (e.g., change in source of funding, applying for a new visa, etc.)
  • to change your immigration status to F-1,
  • to change your level of study from Master’s to Doctorate or from Doctorate to Master’s at Syracuse University*, or
  • to add or change a program of study.

* If you are going to change from Bachelor’s to Master’s at Syracuse University or if you are going to have any change of level at SUNY-ESF, you do not have to submit the Request for I-20 form. The Slutzker Center will issue your new immigration document upon your admission to your new program of study.

Instructions to request a new I-20

  1. Complete the Request for I-20 form.
  2. Complete the Financial Worksheet if you are updating your financial information, changing your immigration status to F-1, or changing your level or program of study.
  3. Drop off the following documents at the Slutzker Center Front Desk for review:

    • Request for I-20 form
    • Financial Worksheet (if applicable)
    • A photocopy of your passport, visa, I-94, and I-20 (page 1)
    • A photocopy of your health insurance proof (You must meet the Slutzker Center Health Insurance Policy)
    • A photocopy of your financial document (if applicable)**
    • A photocopy of Internal Admission Application or Graduate Program/Plan Transfer Form (if applicable)
    • Enrollment Certification (SUNY-ESF students only: obtain this Certification from the Office of the Registrar)

    **
    • Personal/family bank statement or available balance page of your online account information (no more than 3 months old);
    • Assistantship letter, scholarship letter, or fellowship letter; and/or
    • Notarized letter from a sponsor (relative or third party) and sponsor’s financial bank statement

  4. A Slutzker Center Advisor will e-mail you upon issuance of your new I-20 within two weeks of the receipt of your request.
FormDownload I-20 Request Form