F Status

Immigration counseling is the most important service that RCIP offers to both the non-immigrant population and the Ball State community at large. RCIP is the expert resource for the University in the areas of F-1, J-1, H-1B rules and regulations. RCIP acts as the University liaison with the United States U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Department of Labor (DOL), and the Indianapolis Workforce Development Alien Certification Unit.

An accurate and thorough understanding of immigration rules and regulations is essential to meet the needs of this community. RCIP strives to ensure that our non-immigrant constituency maintains legal, lawful status while at Ball State University. The efforts of RCIP staff are rewarded by our students, researchers, faculty and staff from abroad being able to qualify for the maximum number of benefits from USCIS.

Immigration-related services include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

Transfer between Ball State and other U.S. academic institutions
Employment applications
Reinstatement applications
Travel endorsements
Applications to change non-immigrant status
Production of immigration documents for prospective international undergraduate & graduate and professional students
Applications to obtain, amend, and/or to extend H-1B, faculty/staff status