Bring your passport, I-20 and, if available, your local address and telephone number to this meeting. It will either exempt you from taking more English classes or place you in an English class. If you are placed in an English class, you must take it in your first quarter. The orientation introduces you to the other new students and to the program advisors. It presents information that will help you maintain your academic and immigration status.
Attendance is mandatory.
Follow all policies for maintaining F-1 student status. The F-1 visa stamped in your passport does not determine your continuing status as a student. This is why your international student advisor checks your records each quarter. This is contingent on compliance with F-1 status regulations. Jobs at UCLA are limited, and it is difficult for UCLA Extension students to find employment since priority is given to matriculating students.