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the OU office of International Student Services HAS MOVED. We are now located in the Beatrice Carr Wallace Old Science Hall, 640 Parrington Oval, Room 224. Our phone numbers and fax number remain the same, as do our email addresses and web presence.
We look forward to welcoming you to our renovated offices in the B.C. Wallace Old Science Hall, Room 224!
Updated 11/24/2008 - M. Sharp
On an annual basis, U.S. Department of State makes 55,000 immigrant visas for permanent residence available to persons meeting simple, but strict, eligibility requirements through its “Diversity Immigrant Visa Program.” A computer-generated random lottery drawing chooses applicants for diversity visas (DV) for permanent residence. Diversity visas are distributed among six geographic regions with a greater number of visas going to regions with lower rates of immigration. No visas are distributed to nationals of countries sending more than 50,000 immigrants to the U.S. over the past five years. U.S. Department of State has posted a list of countries from which nationals of those countries may file applications for diversity visas. The list can be found on its website here.
Applicants may access the electronic diversity visa entry form here during the registration period. Paper applications will not be accepted. Please visit the US Department of State’s website here for more detailed information on the eligibility requirements and process of the Diversity Visa Lottery program.
Added 10/6/2008 - M. Sharp
If you are a new international student and need to report your new US address to our office, or if you are a continuing international student and have moved, under US federal immigration regulations you must update your address with our office within ten days of the move. Send us an e-mail with your name, OU ID, and new address.
If you are subject to Special Registration (this will be indicated on your I-20 or DS2019 and/or your I-94 card as FIN# with a number), you must also complete and submit Form AR-11 in the US mail, following the instructions on the form. This form is available on the USCIS webiste here under Forms.