Travel

As a J-1 Exchange Visitor, you must have a valid travel signature (endorsement) on your DS-2019 to enter the U.S. A travel signature is not required to depart the U.S. Discuss your plans with OISS before traveling if you: Submit the request below to receive a travel signature. We will email you when your DS-2019 […]

This benefit allows certain nonimmigrants with expired visas to re-enter the U.S. after visiting a “contiguous territory” for 30 days or less. Contiguous territories include Canada, Mexico and adjacent islands including Saint Pierre, Miquelon, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, the Windward and Leeward Islands, Trinidad, Martinique, and other British, French, and […]

Travel in and out of the U.S. is recorded electronically by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) through the I-94 Arrival/Departure Record for all international non-immigrant visitors to the U.S. This important record lists your entry date, port of entry, and immigration status in which you were admitted to the U.S. The I-94 record may be […]

Regulations and documents needed to re-enter the U.S. for WashU scholars and employees.

How to get a travel signature, documents needed to re-enter the U.S. for international students in F-1 or J-1 immigration status and more.

Learn how to apply for and obtain a visa overseas before your program and after your visa expires.