Updating Your Address

All F-1 students are required to report and maintain a  U.S. Physical address in SEVIS (the Department of Homeland Security system). All F-1 students must report their address within 10 calendar days of initial arrival in the U.S., and within 10 calendar days of any change.  Your U.S. address must be the address where you live, near your JHU campus (campus department addresses, P.O. Boxes, or an address outside the U.S. are not accepted).  We also encourage all students to keep an active U.S. phone number and set up and regularly check your voicemail.  

Reporting your address in a timely manner is required to maintain your F-1 status.  

Updating your Address:

Current Students 

NEW PROCESS EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 10, 2024:  F-1 students will login to iHopkins and submit the ‘Address and Phone Number Update eForm’ found under the F-1 Student Services tab, to notify OIS of their change in address. OIS will then report this address change in SEVIS. F-1 students should also report any address changes directly in SIS Self-Service.  

REPORTING AN ADDRESS PRIOR TO DECEMBER 10: Update your local address in SIS by logging into SIS self-service with your JHED ID and password.*  Local address updates will automatically be sent to OIS so there is no need to report your new address directly to OIS.

Students on Post-Completion OPT or STEM Extension

Report any changes to your U.S. address or phone number within 10 days of a change: 

 1. Log into iHopkins to report your new address: 

• If you are on Post-Completion OPT, use the “OPT Reporting eForm”.  

• If you are on a STEM extension, use the “STEM OPT Reporting eForm”. 

OIS will update your SEVIS record within 10 business days of receiving your eForm.