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Address Updates

  • Immigration regulations require all F and J visa holders to report their change of address in the U.S. within 10 days of moving or risk violating visa status.
  • It is your responsibility to update your address information in Axess so this change can be properly reported to SEVIS.
  • This address cannot be a PO Box or your department.
  • J-1 and J-2 visa holders must also update email and phone numbers within 10 days of change.
  • Do not change your SEVIS (U.S.) address fields in Axess to a non-U.S. address at any time, even after you have left the U.S. and/or graduated.
  • Students on Post-OPT or Academic Training must keep the SEVIS (U.S.) address field in Axess updated at all times. Axess remains available to Stanford students after graduation.

F-1/J-1 Students

See instructions for changing your address in Axess

 F-1 Students with Pending OPT

If you have a pending OPT application and have moved, see these instructions for changing your address with USCIS

J-1 Scholars

If your Stanford classification is

  • Postdoc
  • Knight Fellow
  • Visiting Student Researcher

Please enter all U.S. residence address updates into the SEVIS (U.S.) address field in Axess so that they can be sent to SEVIS.
See instructions for changing your address in Axess

All Other Stanford Affiliates

You do not have access to Axess, so you should report your updated address by filling out this web form.