International Student Registration and Orientation

 If you have any questions about ISS registration or orientation, please contact the ISS office at iss@okstate.edu with your OSU student ID and full name.

• Step 1: Register at University Health Services 

   

  Upon your arrival, you should check in UHS. 

  Aug 6th and 8th (8:30AM to 11:30AM and 1:00PM to 3:00PM) will be available for graduates.

   

  You will need to check in with University Health Services (UHS) for your new student health screening, and your blood sample will be drawn for a Tuberculosis test.

   

  Please bring your OSU email address and ID number, a form of identification (Passport), and any immunization records for Hepatitis B and measles, mumps and rubella (MMR). Your records must be printed in English.

  
  You will receive a yellow clearance card for International Students and Scholars (ISS) registration (see below) from UHS once you have completed your health screening.

  
  It would be helpful to bring New Student Medical Requirements form filled out when visiting

  
  UHS Medical Requirement forms: healthy-history-new-student-030624.pdf
  Other useful forms are here: https://uhs.okstate.edu/forms.html

   

• Step 2: Start your immigration registration online  (must be from inside U.S.)
  • Login to access your Student Profile through TerraDotta: https://issportal.okstate.edu/_portal/ using your O-Key credentials (Use the Login with Campus ID option).
  • You have an email from the ISS for the registration instructions in detail.
  • Also, scan and attach your passport, initial I-20, yellow clearance card from UHS and I-94 for the most recent entry to TerraDotta.
• Step 3: Schedule your new I-20 pick-up time and date at the ISS office

  You will receive a separate email upon your registration form submission.

   

  You can pick up your Continued Attendance I-20 at the front desk of the ISS Office: 309 Wes Watkins Center. You MUST bring your passport or OSU ID card with you when you come to the ISS Office to pick it up.

• Step 4: If you plan to work, schedule your work permit session and attend the session 
  Sign-up for Work Permit Session
• Step 5: ISS New International Student Orientation 

  International Student Orientation provides important information on immigration, legal, health and academic issues. All new international students (including transfers from U.S. institutions) are required to complete Online International Student Orientation program on Terra Dotta. If you finished Orientation and quiz on Terra Dotta prior to arriving Stillwater, you are done.

   

  International Student Orientation is MANDATORY for all new international students. Failure to complete orientation will result in:

   

  • a hold on your enrollment for the subsequent semester
  • an additional $100.00 charge
• Step 6: Complete your GC New Graduate College Registration
  Schedule your appointment to check in with the Graduate College by emailing grad-i@okstate.edu or contacting your admissions officer.
• Step 7: Advising meeting and enrollment 
  • OSU is offering three different instructional methods: (e.g. traditional face-to-face, online, blended/hybrid)
  • For new students to be considered full-time, you are only allowed to enroll at most one online course.
  • Check this link for more details.
  • Check in with the Graduate college to discuss your academic program and advisor.
• Step 8: ITA Exam for GTA student 

  If you plan on teaching as a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA), find out International Teaching Assistant (ITA) exam information

   

  If you have questions on ITA exam, please contact: itaexam@okstate.edu