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Getting a Calvin University I-20

Current F-1 students:

  • Contact the Designated School Official (DSO) at your current school. The DSO is the person who issues I-20s and helps you with immigration-related concerns.
  • After you have been admitted to Calvin, show the DSO your admission letter from Calvin and ask them to transfer your SEVIS record. Provide them Calvin’s SEVIS school code: DET214F00288000.
  • Your SEVIS record must be transferred no more than 60 days after your current program completion date. Your current DSO can tell you when that completion date will be.
  • The DSO can choose a future date as the transfer release date, so you may ask them to enter the transfer in SEVIS at any time after you have been accepted to Calvin. The release date they choose should not be before you finish your current semester classes and exams.
  • You will receive an I-20 from Calvin after you have cleared the financial review process with your admissions counselor, completed the immigration form on your admissions checklist, and paid Calvin’s admission deposit.
  • Step-by-step instructions for DSOs transferring a SEVIS record can be found on the
    SEVP Help Hub at: https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/sevis-help-hub/student-records/transfers/initiate-transfer-of-f-1-sevis-record
  • Your visa remains valid until its expiration date. If it has not expired, you may continue to use it until it expires, even if it shows a school name other than Calvin University.
    • If you are traveling internationally over the summer, please send the dates to Calvin’s immigration coordinator (see contact information below).
    • If your visa has expired, you only need a new visa when you depart the U.S. If you will not depart the U.S. before enrolling at Calvin, you do not need a new visa.
  • Please contact Brent Wilkinson, Calvin’s immigration coordinator, at bw28@calvin.edu with questions.
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