The OISS team of advisers serves as your primary resource for immigration support. We are here to answer questions about your immigration status, federal immigration regulations, immigration documents, work authorization, changing status and more.
- Visit the Contact Us page for the Danforth and Medical campus office locations and current office hours.
- Scroll down to find your OISS adviser and click on their name to schedule an appointment from their staff page.
Please note: Adviser appointments should NOT be scheduled to complete routine requests such as “check-in” or “travel signature” requests. Follow the instructions below:
F-1 & J-1 Students
international scholars & employees
- Complete “Check-in” via email. See instructions.
- Submit the J-1 Scholar Travel Signature Request to request a travel signature on your DS-2019.
F-1 and J-1 students
F-1 and J-1 student advisers are assigned based on school/academic program, level of study, and the first letter, or the first few letters, of your last name (surname).
Alumni (students on WashU-approved OPT and STEM OPT): Haylee Zhou
- Arts & Sciences
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Degree level Surname/last name begins with Your OISS adviser Alumni (OPT, STEM OPT) all Haylee Zhou All Arts & Sciences programs all Chloe Colbert DBBS all Jeanne Pizarro
- McKelvey School of Engineering
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Degree level Surname/ last name begins with Your OISS adviser Alumni (OPT, STEM OPT) all Haylee Zhou All A – G Gaby Renteria-Poepsel All H – Z Fariwar Abed
- Medical School including DBBS
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Degree level Surname/last name begins with Your OISS adviser Alumni (OPT, STEM OPT) all Haylee Zhou All all Jeanne Pizarro
- Olin Business School
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Degree level Surname/last name begins with Your OISS adviser Alumni (OPT, STEM OPT) all Haylee Zhou All A – G Jeanne Pizarro All H – Z Gaby Renteria-Poepsel
- Brown School, Law School, Medical School, Sam Fox School, School of Public Health, CAPS & Exchange Students
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School Degree level Your OISS adviser Alumni (OPT, STEM OPT) all Haylee Zhou Brown School graduate Chloe Colbert Law School graduate Jeanne Pizarro Medical School graduate Jeanne Pizarro Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts all Gaby Renteria-Poepsel School of Public Health graduate Chloe Colbert CAPS all Ariel Carpenter Exchange students all Ariel Carpenter
International scholars & employees
To contact an International scholar/employee adviser, reach out by email as follows.
Hiring departments:
Send email to the Associate Director for Scholars
J-1 Scholars:
Send email to J1scholar@wustl.edu
Employees with H-1B, TN, E-3 & O-1 visas & LPRs:
Send email to the Associate Director for Scholars
The OISS scholar team shares caseloads with advisers specializing as follows:
| Adviser | Advises scholars and employees with the status |
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| Laura Register | J-1 scholars (sponsored by WashU) H-1B, TN, E-3 & O-1 employees Legal Permanent Residents (LPRs) |
| Carolyn Rourke | J-1 scholars (sponsored by WashU) |
| Jeff Cernucan | J-1 scholars (sponsored by WashU) |
| Kayleen McDonald | H-1B, TN, and E-3 employees |