All students attending Brown University in F-1 or J-1 status are required to complete an online check-in process with OISSS within 3 business days of their arrival on campus.

Please do not delay this process as it might result in unnecessary complications with respect to ID card issuance and payroll. Also, U.S. regulations require students to confirm their arrival at a new university within 30 days of the program start date listed on Form I-20/DS-2019. Failure to check-in constitutes a violation of your nonimmigrant status.

Please have the following available as electronic files when completing the online check-in form:

• Passport ID page
• I-20/DS-2019 (signed by the student)
• I-94 entry record 
• If applicable provide the same documentation for any dependents who were issued Forms I-20/DS-2019.

Log in to your OISSS Gateway portal, click on the Requests & Documents tab, then select/complete/submit the "New Student Registration" request after you arrive to the U.S. in F-1/J-1 status.

• Refer to the Your First Days at Brown checklist for additional check-in instructions and information.
• Get your Brown ID Card.
• Check in with other departments on campus that may be expecting to meet with you (i.e. your sponsoring department, Graduate School, BioMed Office of Postdoctoral and Graduate Studies, Brown Business Center (BBC) etc.).

F-1/J-1 Student Arrival Checklist

• Find a place to live (if you have not done so already).
• Order the necessary utilities for your home if you need to (electricity, water, gas, internet, phone, etc).
• Open a bank account.
• Figure out your means of transportation (car, taxi, bus, bicycle, walking).