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Go to your  and enter your current:

• U.S. Mailing Address
• Telephone number 
• Home email (your campus email will be the student csulb.edu account)

This information must be updated and accurate to have your visa registered with the government immigration system.

Learn more: Using MyÉ«ÖÐÉ« Personal Information.

Save clear images of these immigration documents as a PDF file on your personal device:

F-1 Visa page

Passport Information page

Most recent entry stamp or  (saved as a PDF or JPEG file) 

Copy of É«ÖÐÉ« form I-20 pages 1 and 2 with your signature

Fall 2024 Students: If you did not complete the check in process and have a CIE Check In hold on your account, please email cie-iss@csulb.edu for further instructions

Spring 2025 New Students: Immigration check-in quiz will be available starting on December 23, 2024. Complete the online immigration check-in within 3 days from your arrival to the United States. You can only complete the online immigration check-in in the Center for International Education Canvas Course. 

Accessing Canvas: New international students will receive an invitation via their student email address to join the Center for International Education Canvas Course. You must accept this invitation to join the course. If you have not received this invitation or cannot locate it, please email us and request to be added to our CIE Canvas Course: cie-iss@csulb.edu 

• If you have not entered the US you will not be eligible to complete the check-in survey
• If you have not verified that your I-94 record shows that you entered the US in F-1 status you will not be eligible to complete the check-in survey
• If you have not updated your MyÉ«ÖÐÉ« account with your current US residential address, even if it's a temporary address, you will not be eligible to complete the check-in survey

Students who do not complete the immigration check-in will have a registration hold in their student accounts which will prevent further registration actions.