Processing Times
The VISA office is open for document pick-up and document drop-off from Monday to Friday, 12 pm to 2 pm.
| Reduced Courseload (RCL) | up to 3 business days |
| Hold Removal | up to 3 business days |
| Travel Signatures | up to 3 business days |
| Letters | up to 5 business days |
| Address changes | up to 5 business days |
| Home country forms | up to 5 business days |
| SEVIS transfer | up to 5 business days |
| Document duplicate/copy request | up to 5 business days |
| Academic Training | up to 10 business days |
| All I-20s (including CPT & OPT) and DS-2019s for students | up to 10 business days |
- The processing "clock" starts once all required documentation has been submitted.
- During busier times of the year (first three weeks and last three weeks of fall, spring and summer semesters), processing can take longer.
Need a document shipped?
Use eShipGlobal Express Mail Service to receive documents.
PLEASE NOTE: SEVP (Student & Exchange Visitor Program) Guidance on Form I-20 Issuance (June 4, 2019) states that, "the Form I-20 must be issued directly by a school to the nonimmigrant student, his or her dependents, or, for minors, to the parent or guardian of the nonimmigrant student." You can read the full text of the guidance here.
If you have any additional questions, please contact Visa & Immigration Service Advising (intlstu@odu.edu.)