Special Student Relief
“特殊学生救济(SSR)是暂停某些监管要求 by the secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for an F‑1 student 来自世界上正在经历紧急情况的部分地区. Regulatory requirements F-1学生可以暂停或更改的条件包括:状态持续时间,满 course of study and off-campus employment eligibility.”
Eligibility
- 无论如何,必须是联邦登记公告中所述国家的公民 of country of birth;
- 以F-1非移民身份在美国合法居留 time of the Federal Notice;
- Be currently maintaining F-1 nonimmigrant status;
- Be enrolled at a SEVP-certified academic institution (菠菜网lol正规平台); and
- 正在经历严重的经济困难,正如联邦公告所述.
Current Notices
Afghanistan
- Federal Register Notice
- Effective May 20, 2022 through May 20, 2025
- 学生必须在2023年9月25日持有F-1签证.
Burma/Myanmar
- Federal Register Notice
- Effective May 26, 2024 through November 25, 2025.
- Student must have been in F-1 status on March 25, 2024.
Cameroon
- Federal Register Notice
- Effective June 7, 2022 through June 07, 2025.
- Student must have been in F-1 status on October 10, 2023.
Ethiopia
- Federal Register Notice
- Effective June 13, 2024 through December 12, 2025.
- Student must have been in F-1 status on April 14, 2024.
Haiti
- Federal Register Notice
- Effective August 04, 2024 through February 3, 2026
- Student must have been in F-1 status on July 1, 2024.
Hong Kong
- Federal Register Notice
- Effective November 26, 2021 through February 05, 2025.
- 学生必须在2023年1月26日持有F-1签证.
Palestine
- Federal Register Notice
- Effective February 14, 2024 through August 13, 2025.
- 学生必须在2024年2月14日持有F-1签证.
Somalia
- Federal Register Notice
- Effective September 18, 2021 through September 17, 2024.
- Student must have been in F-1 status on March 13, 2023.
South Sudan
- Federal Register Notice
- Effective March 3, 2022 through May 03, 2025.
- 学生必须在2023年9月6日持有F-1签证.
Sudan
- Federal Register Notice
- Effective April 19, 2022 through April 19, 2025.
- Student must have been in F-1 status on August 21, 2023.
Syria
- Federal Register Notice
- Effective April 22, 2021 through September 30, 2025.
- Student must have been in F-1 status on January 29, 2024.
Ukraine
- Federal Register Notice
- Effective April 19, 2022 through April 19, 2025.
- Student must have been in F-1 status on August 21, 2023.
Venezuela
- Federal Register Notice
- Effective March 11, 2024 through September 10, 2025.
- Student must have been in F-1 status on March 11, 2024.
Yemen
- Federal Register Notice
- Effective September 4, 2024 until March 3, 2025
- Student must have been in F-1 status on July 10, 2024.
Process
- Schedule an appointment 与ISSS顾问会面,讨论你的申请资格.
- 一旦你和国际社会安全委员会的顾问见过面,他们就会确定你和 要求的标准和资格,他们会给你发电子邮件特殊学生救济 I-20 request information and form.
- 然后,您需要通过电子邮件international-office@sjsu向ISSS提交完整的SSR I-20请求.edu.
- 一旦ISSS收到填写好的表格,我们会要求5-7个工作日进行审核 and process. ISSS will email you when the new I-20 has been issued. USCIS is accepting 来自ISSS的数字签名的I-20表格,所以我们会把经济困难的I-20通过电子邮件发给你 recommendation. 你需要这张经济困难推荐的I-20来提交 your application with USCIS.
Next Steps: Filing the application with USCIS
一旦你有了带有SSR推荐的I-20,你就需要准备文件了 needed for filing the form I-765 for SSR. 此申请不能在线提交给USCIS,因此,您可以 需要收集以下所有文件并提交给USCIS.
- Filing Fee (Subject to Change): $520.00.
- 个人支票、本票或汇票,收款人为“美国银行”.S. Department of Homeland Security” (do not abbreviate). If you want, write your I-94 # number on the check. 如果需要,在网上搜索关于如何写支票的有用信息, endorse a money order or cashier’s check.
- 最近(近6个月)护照彩色照片2张. Please review the Department of State photo guidelines for more details.
- Form G-1145申请/呈请受理电子通知(强烈建议).
- Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization. (All pages, completed, and signed).
- Read the USCIS Instructions for Form I-765.
- Form I-765 就业许可申请表(所有页),填写并签署. Read the USCIS Instructions for Form I-765. Pay special attention to instructions for F-1 student categories on pages 3-4. Failure to follow instructions may result in rejection or denial of your application. We have developed an I-765 Completion Guide to help you. 你有责任确保I-765表格正确填写和签署.
- Review our I-765 guide本指南是针对OPT/STEM OPT的,但你可以将其用于 how to complete the I-765. 但是,在第2部分第3页的第27题中,你必须使用代码c3iii.
- Filing code for economic hardship is: (c) (3) (iii).
- 个人陈述,以信函的形式向美国移民局解释就业的必要性 避免严重的经济困难直接造成目前的危机 specified country in the Federal Register Notice.
- 你的新I-20的复印件,并附上由国际社会服务局出具的经济困难建议 the last 30 days. (确保你已经打印了I-20,然后是签名和注明日期的那页 1在适当的部分,然后制作一份副本,与您的申请一起提交. Do not submit the original I-20.
- Photocopy of valid passport biographical page.
- 如果你的护照将在6个月内到期,你需要写一封信 确认您的护照到期日期,并计划更新护照 before it expires.
- 如果你的I-94或F-1签证上有你的旧护照号码,那么你需要 提交一份你现在和以前的护照复印件.
- Photocopy of F-1 visa stamp.
- I-94 record of arrival.
- Retrieve I-94 at http://i94.cbp.dhs.gov
- 如果你有纸质的I-94,包括卡片两面的复印件.
- 如果您将身份更改为F-1,并且在获得F-1身份后没有离开美国, 你需要提交一份I-797A批准通知的复印件.
- 入学和学习证明:上海外国语大学的正式成绩单,外加入学证明 for the current academic semester.
- 在邮寄给USCIS之前,将您的完整申请复印一份. You will put all 这些文件装在信封里,信封正面清楚地标明, bottom right-hand side, with the phrase 'Special Student Relief.' 不包含此符号可能会导致严重的处理延迟.
- Mail your complete application to the USCIS lockbox. Refer to ‘Where to File’ instructions on USCIS Form I-765 webpage.
- ISSS建议通过联邦快递或UPS邮寄你的申请,因为你可以跟踪你的申请 application.
- USCIS收到您的申请后大约2-4周,您应该会收到 a receipt notice with a USCIS case number.
- Wait 2-4 months to receive work authorization from USCIS. You should receive an approval notice (I-797 Notice of Action) and EAD. You must have the EAD card, then you are eligible to work within the authorized dates on the card.
- 在学校上课期间,每周的工作时间限制在20小时,但也可以是全职的 during official school breaks. The off-campus job does not need to be related to a student's major field of study.
Contact Us
San José State University
One Washington Square
Student Union - CPGE
San Jose, CA 95192-0135
Office Hours
Monday-Friday 9am – 4:30pm