Traveling Outside the U.S.

• Valid passport
• Current I-94 (do not give up this vital document at the border or when boarding an airplane)
• I-20 or DS-2019 endorsed within the last year by an advisor in CIE
• Visa for the country you are visiting.
• If you were registered in NSEERS (Special Registration), be sure you follow proper exit procedures (PDF 412 kb). If you do not follow proper exit procedures, you may be denied admission to the U.S. at a later date.
  
  You may visit Canada, Mexico and the adjacent islands (except Cuba) even if your F-1 or J-1 visa has expired or if you entered the U.S. with a different visa from your current student status. You may only be gone up to 30 days and you must have all of the documents listed above. Remember that the I-94 cannot be replaced after you cross the border, so do be sure you have it and hold on to it. You must be maintaining your non-immigrant status and resuming your studies, OPT or academic training.    
  There are two exceptions to this policy of automatic visa revalidation. Your visa is not automatically revalidated for re-entry if you apply for a U.S. visa while in Canada, Mexico or the adjacent islands. You are also not covered by this policy if you are a citizen of Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Sudan or Syria.          

Travel outside North America:

• Valid passport
• Valid F-1 or J-1 visa
• I-20 or DS-2019 endorsed within the last year by an advisor in CIE 
• Visa for the country you are visiting, unless it's your home country.
• If you were registered in NSEERS (Special Registration), be sure you follow proper exit procedures (PDF 412 kb). If you do not follow proper exit procedures, you may be denied admission to the U.S. at a later date.