Please Note: If you have already started a STEM Extension Information Update, do not start a new one. To update your User Profile, or to continue an already initiated request, please go to your User Home Page.
DO NOT MAKE CHANGES DIRECTLY IN YOUR SEVP PORTAL. All Illinois State University F-1 students on STEM Extension must report changes via the ISSS Portal. All changes should be updated using your ISSS Portal. Once ISSS has processed your changes, you will see them reflected in your SEVP Portal. Your STEM reporting obligations begin the day after your regular post-completion OPT expires, even if your STEM application is still pending with USCIS.
All ISU F-1 students on STEM Extension must report the following changes:
Personal Contact Information - Changes to your personal contact information should be made via your ISSS Portal User Home Page.
Employment Information - Changes to your employment/employer information should be made via your ISSS Portal. Please see the table below and select the option that best matches your reporting need. You should not proceed with this request until you have the documentation needed.
For further information about STEM Extension reporting requirements, please refer to the ISSS website.
What are you reporting?
Documentation Needed
I am changing employers or I have a material change to my Form I-983 with my current employer while my STEM Extension is Pending with USCIS
USCIS Receipt Notice AND
Completed & Signed Form I-983 from New Employer (Change of Employer Only) OR
Completed & Signed Form I-983 from Current Employer (Material Change Only)
I received my STEM EAD Card from USCIS
STEM Extension EAD
I am changing employers
Completed and Signed Form I-983 from New Employer &
Completed and Signed Form I-983 (including the Final Evaluation on Student Progress completed and signed) for your Previous Employer.
I am leaving an employer (no new employment to report)
Completed and Signed Form I-983 (including the Final Evaluation on Student Progress completed and signed) for your Previous Employer.
I have a Material Change to my Form I-983 with my Current Employer
*Please refer to the ISSS website for what constitutes a Material Change*
Completed and Signed Form I-983 for your Current Employer reflecting the new material changes.
I am submitting one of my STEM OPT periodic reporting requirements
6 Month/18 Month Participation - No Documentation Required
12 Month Evaluation on Student Progress
24 Month Final Evaluation on Student Progress