Steps for Admitted Students

Once you decide to accept an offer from UW Tacoma, please pay the Enrollment Confirmation Deposit:

After this transaction, you will receive an email from uwtiss@uw.edu inviting you to access the ISSS Portal: isss.tacoma.uw.edu. Log in using your NetID and password.

Documents Needed for I-20 Issuance

Please upload the following documents:

  1. PDF copy of your Financial Documents
    (The minimum amount to present for an undergraduate student is $65,814 as of July 2024; amount varies for graduate students depending on programs.)
  2. PDF copy of your passport data page (the page with your picture on it) and expiration date page (if applicable)
  3. PDF copy of your I-94 card or online I-94 (if applicable)
  4. PDF copy of your current visa or approval notice of your current visa (if applicable)

Important Notes

Please allow 5 business days for processing once your I-20 request is submitted.

NOTE: All new students have a registration hold until the I-20 request is complete.

Students with an Active SEVIS ID

Some new students are maintaining an active SEVIS record in the U.S. and still enrolled at another institution during the time of acceptance to UW Tacoma OR engaged in post-completion or STEM extension OPT.

As soon as the payment of the Enrollment Confirmation Deposit is completed, start the process of requesting I-20 from UW Tacoma.

Do NOT let your SEVIS record complete! You must request previous school to transfer your SEVIS record to UW Tacoma within 60 days from last date of attendance or post-completion or STEM extension OPT end date.

In the Online I-20 Request Form, request, "Transfer Pending I-20". You will be asked to enter your current institution information. Get in touch with your current international student advisor to gather the necessary information.

Do NOT have your current advisor transfer your SEVIS record to UW Tacoma until you hear back from us. Your current advisor may ask to fill out the "Transfer Out Form" and submit a copy of the official acceptance language from UW Tacoma. At UW Tacoma, we do not use "Transfer In Form". All transfer information is collected in the Online I-20 Request Form.

To Students Changing Visas

International Student Programming Fee (ISPF): If you initially started attending UW Tacoma with a visa other than F-1 and now requesting I-20 to obtain F-1 visa/status, please note that you will be subject to quarterly ISPF once you become F-1 student. To learn more, please visit this page.

International Student Health Insurance: All F-1 students in tuition based programs are automatically billed for ISHIP (International Student Health Insurance Program). If you already have health insurance in the U.S. there is a way to waive it. To learn more, please visit this website.

UWT Majors and CIP Codes

On the Program of Study section of I-20, Major 1 and Major 2 (if applicable) will be listed. Major names listed in these fields are based on the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Code developed by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Each UWT major has been assigned a CIP code and sometimes the actual major name and CIP code name do not match. CIP code assigned to each major cannot be changed. Please review the list of UWT majors and CIP codes assigned on this spreadsheet (NetID is required to access).