In relationship with the government offices, ISSO staff serve as advocates for students' concerns and needs.
For International Students
The ISSO offers assistance in the following areas
- visa applications and immigration related matters
- cross-cultural orientation and adjustment
- mediation of cross-cultural misunderstanding
- success in the U.S. academic environment
- understanding and following university regulations
- using university services
- complying with federal law concerning temporary-visa holders
- referrals to community resources
- requests from the community for contact with TU's international population
- emergency situations involving international students or scholars
Staff are also in regular contact with other university offices and departments, education officers at foreign embassies in the U.S. , non-governmental sponsoring agencies, Social Security Administration, the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of State, and other scholarship/sponsoring agencies.