Transfer OUT of Lincoln University

Submit a Transfer Clearance Form

Submit a Transfer Clearance Form (or similar) from your new school to The Office of International Programs.

• If you are applying to several schools, submit a transfer form for each school.
• The transfer form does not require that you attend a school nor does it transfer your SEVIS electronic file.

Complete the Transfer Out form

Once you have determined which school you will attend, complete the Transfer Out form.

• OIP will transfer the SEVIS electronic file to the new school at the end of the academic or release date indicated on the form.

New I-20 Issue

The new school will issue a new I-20 upon receipt of the SEVIS file.

• The I-20 must be issued within 60 days of completing studies at Lincoln University, and you must be enrolled at the new school within 5 months.

Traveling outside the U.S.

If traveling outside the U.S. after your studies are completed at Lincoln University, you MUST use the I-20 from the new school to re-enter the U.S.

• Once you re-enter you must attend the new school.
• If there are time constraints, please contact the new school to discuss method of getting the new I-20 to you.

The first time you enter the U.S. as an F-1 student, the school listed on the visa stamp must match the school on the I-20. When you transfer schools, as long as the visa is valid, the school on the visa stamp does not need to match the school on the transfer I-20.