International Students

Address Requirement

New regulations require all individuals in F and J status (including dependents) to report changes in their address - both home address and local address.

eLion

Inform Penn State of any changes or corrections to your addresses by going on-line.

Permanent or Home Address

You must use your foreign address in this space because the Directorate of International Student Advising (DISA) is required by law to report your foreign address to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security through SEVIS. If this address changes, you must update this on eLion. You are required to have a foreign address if you are in the U.S. in non-immigrant status.

Local Address

This is where you live in the United States and should be where you sleep. DISA is also required by law to report your local address to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through SEVIS.

Work Address

If you are a graduate student and have a departmental mailbox or office, use this to report your office address.

Emergency Contact

This is the person the University contacts if you are seriously ill or injured.

Once you leave Penn State

  • If you remain in SEVIS, you should continue to update your address in eLion. When you no longer have access to eLion, complete the AR-11 found at and send to DISA.
  • If you are not in SEVIS because you have changed your status, you should update your address with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by completing the AR-11 and sending directly to DHS.

Penn State Libraries

For security purposes, the library requires students to update their local address by going to the circulation desk at any University library and filling out a change of address form. Students are also able to update the address on-line. Follow these instructions:

  1. Go to www.libraries.psu.edu.
  2. At the top next to Quick Links, select My Library Account.
  3. On this next page, you will be prompted for your Penn State Access Account and password.
  4. Under Library Account Information for: XXXX (Your Account), you will find Update Address. Select this.
  5. Complete the information and click on Update Address.

Employment

If you change your address and you are working on campus, you must fill out a new W-4 form at International Student Services (410 Boucke Building).