Full-Time Status

Maintaining full-time student immigration status and guidelines for registration:

If Summer is your first semester of study at Syracuse University or SUNY-ESF, you must register for a minimum of 6 credits or otherwise be considered a full-time student for immigration purposes.

If Summer is your last semester of study at Syracuse University or SUNY-ESF, you must register for a minimum of GRD 998 (0 credits for Degree in Progress for SU graduate students) or 1 credit (SU/SUNY-ESF undergraduate students and SUNY-ESF graduate students) for immigration purposes.

Undergraduate Students

Which one of the following fits your circumstance?

  1. A student intending to enroll for 12 or more credits.
  2. A student intending to enroll for fewer than 12 credits in his/her last semester.

If (1), then Register for 12 credits or more in the Fall and/or Spring semester

If (2), then register for fewer than 12 credits and file an SU Last Semester Memo with the Slutzker Center or meet with a Slutzker Center International Student Advisor.

Graduate Students

Which one of the following fits your circumstance?

  1. A student intending to enroll for 9 or more credits.
  2. A student intending to enroll for fewer than 9 credits.
  3. A student writing one's Thesis or Dissertation.
  4. A student with an assistantship (TA, RA, or GA).

If (1), then register for 9 credits or more credits.

If (2), then register for fewer than 9 credits AND file a Certification of Full-Time Status with the Registrar's office.

If the semester that you cannot file the Certification is or will be your last semester of study to complete your degree at Syracuse University, file an SU Last Semester Memo with the Slutzker Center.

If you are a SUNY-ESF student, please consult with the Dean of Instruction and Graduate Studies office and make sure that you will be registered as a full-time student at SUNY-ESF OR file a SUNY-ESF Last Semester Memo with the Slutzker Center. If you can be certified as a full-time student, please do not complete this memo.

If (3), then register for GRD 998 (0 credits for Degree in Progress) AND complete a Certification of Full-Time Status with the Registrar's office. If you are a SUNY-ESF student, please consult with the Dean of Instruction and Graduate Studies office and make sure that you will be registered as a full-time student at SUNY-ESF.

If (4), then register for a minimum of GRD 998 (0 credits for Degree in Progress). This action + the Grad Award will make you a full-time student. If you are a SUNY-ESF student, please consult with the Dean of Instruction and Graduate Studies office and make sure that you will be registered as a full-time student at SUNY-ESF.

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