Spring 2022 FAQs

All F-1 students have a SEVIS hold on their account. Before you can enroll for the Spring 2022 term, you will need to complete online SEVIS check-in to clear your SEVIS hold. The Spring 2022 check-in will be available beginning Monday, October 18. Check-ins received before 8 a.m. will be cleared the same business day. Check-ins received after 8 a.m. will be cleared the next business day.

F-1 international students must follow traditional distance learning regulations for the Spring 2022 term onward.  This is a change from Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, and Fall 2021 terms when the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) issued special COVID-19 provisions temporarily suspending the normal rule.

Immigration regulations state that only one distance education course of up to three credit hours may count towards a student’s minimum full-time enrollment requirement each semester.  Hours beyond the minimum enrollment requirement can be in any learning format.  Please note that the definition of a distance learning course is one that does not require any physical class meetings or other in-person interaction throughout the semester; at WSU this would be any course with an online (IIS or IIE) instructional method. Hybrid courses have an in-person component so they do not count as distance learning.

If you have any questions about enrollment requirements and the Spring 2022 term, please email iss@wichita.edu or call/visit during walk-in advising hours, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

When searching the class schedule, select the course and click on the course title to see the instructional method. For example,

You can also search for classes by type of instruction method if you use the advanced search feature:

For current quarantine requirements, visit https://www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov/175/Travel-Exposure-Related-Isolation-Quaran. Please note that KDHE updates this information regularly so be sure to check it often.

The Student and Exchange Visitor Program announced in Fall 2021 that schools are permanently allowed to send Forms I-20s by email to students. However, students must print and sign Form I-20 and carry this paper document with them while traveling.

Beginning November 8, 2021, nonimmigrants will be required to show proof of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to enter the U.S. More information about the vaccination requirement and limited exceptions is available at: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/noncitizens-US-air-travel.html

All international travelers, regardless of vaccination status, are required to take a COVID-19 viral test no more than 24 hours before traveling by air to the U.S. For more information about testing requirements, please visit the CDC website.