ADVISORS

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Service Commitment and Responsibilities

SERVICE, COMMITMENTS AND RESPONSIBLITIES:

We are committed advocates for the UAHuntsville international community and provide a safe and confidential setting where individuals can receive assistance regarding their needs and concerns. Our primary responsibility is to assist F-1 students, UAH sponsored J students and scholars, individuals sponsored by UAH for employment purposes and their dependents with the myriad of processes required to be enrolled as a student or hired as an employee of the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

We recognize the importance of balancing responsibility to the institution, to international students, faculty and scholars, and to the appropriate government agencies. To that end, we strive to be a buffer between UAH sponsored employees, researchers and students and a highly complex government bureaucracy.

• We ensure the university is SEVIS compliant and that F students and J students and scholars have appropriate information and guidance necessary to maintain their status in the U.S.

• We oversee the J Exchange Visitor Program which facilitates the ability for students and scholars to do research or study at UAH in J status.

• We prepare immigration paperwork for foreign national employees who require sponsorship in order to be eligible to work at UAH.

• We ensure that the university is compliant with the Department of Labor and USCIS when sponsoring employees to work for UAH.

• We seek to promote increased understanding of the immigration system and multiple immigration classifications of UAH students, scholars, and faculty by the campus community and provide relevant information, guidance and resources as needed.

• We advocate for international students, faculty, and staff and support other campus offices to ensure that the needs of the international community are considered when implementing university policies. back to top >>