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This policy explains how international students in F-1 or J-1 status can transfer their immigration record to UNC-Chapel Hill and what steps they must complete to maintain lawful status and begin study there. It also sets out the timing, eligibility, and employment rules tied to the transfer process.

The Pre-Review is a formalized process to collect pertinent intake documentation and information to enable UNC-Chapel Hill to determine eligibility for University sponsorship, and the appropriate University-sponsored nonimmigrant status to pursue

This policy explains UNC-Chapel Hill’s rules for employing and managing E-3 workers in specialty occupations, including status maintenance, extensions, changes in employment, and ending employment. It is intended to help the University and E-3 employees comply with immigration requirements.

This policy explains the rules, eligibility requirements, and compliance obligations for hosting and maintaining J-1 scholar status at UNC-Chapel Hill. It is meant to help scholars and hosting units understand the immigration, reporting, travel, insurance, employment, and program-end requirements tied to the J-1 Exchange Visitor Program.

This policy establishes that UNC-Chapel Hill will sponsor U.S. permanent residency petitions only for international teaching faculty and prominent research faculty in specific employment-based immigration categories (EB-1-B and EB-2 with PERM Special Handling), in order to focus limited University resources on cases most beneficial to the institution.