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By: Penn Today

By: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services On March 6, 2023, USCIS announced the option of premium processing for F-1 student pre- or post-completion OPT, or for a STEM OPT extension in the following phases: Beginning March 6, USCIS will accept Form I-907 requests for currently pending OPT or STEM OPT applications. Beginning April 3, USCIS…

By: U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) Effective January 5, 12:01am, eastern standard time, all air passengers two years old and older will require a negative Covid-19 test no more than two days before departure from China Hong Kong or Macau. Passengers who test positive more than 10 days before a flight can provide documentation of recovery…

By: U.S. Embassy & Consulates in China Update from U.S. Mission China Consular Services for December 15, 2022 Due to the operational impacts caused by the surge of COVID-19 infections across China, U.S. Embassy Beijing and U.S. Consulate General Shanghai are providing passport and emergency citizen services only.  U.S. Consulates General Wuhan, Shenyang, and Guangzhou…

By: Tina Rodia, Penn Today

By: Penn Today

By: U.S. Department of Homeland Security

By: Mamta Accapadi, Vice Provost for University Life; and Ezekiel Emanuel, Vice Provost for Global Initiatives

By: International Student & Scholar Services Penn is preparing to launch Path@Penn, a new student records system that will replace Penn InTouch. In anticipation of Path@Penn’s launch, there will be a system outage during Spring Break, March 3–13, 2022. During the system outage, all users, including ISSS staff, will be unable to access Penn InTouch,…

By: International Student & Scholar Services Tax filing season is here! This article serves to remind you about your U.S. tax obligations as an international student or scholar at Penn. The deadline to file taxes for income earned during calendar year 2021 is April 18, 2022. Please note that even if you did not work or…