For F-1 undergrads at UNC-Chapel Hill
From your first flight
to your first job.
Every F-1 step at UNC (arrival, SSN, CPT, taxes and OPT) in order, with the official source for each.
Wherever you are
in your degree.
Before and after you land
Coming to UNC
Your flight window, I-94, ISSS check-in, SSN, bank and first month, in the order they unlock each other.
- Entry window
- ISSS check-in
- SSN
Every semester
Studying at UNC
Full-time enrollment, taxes every spring, travel signatures before break, and CPT when an internship comes along.
- 12 credits
- Form 8843
- CPT
Senior year and beyond
Graduating
Your OPT timeline, worked back from graduation: the ISSS request, the USCIS filing window, and STEM OPT if your major qualifies.
- OPT I-20
- Form I-765
- STEM OPT
How it works.
An F-1 degree means dozens of steps across ISSS, USCIS, the SSA, the IRS and your bank, some with deadlines that can cost you your status. Reloco puts them in order for you.
- 1
Tell us where you are
Heading to UNC, just arrived, or already studying here, plus your dates and plans. A minute, no documents.
- 2
Get your roadmap
Every F-1 task from arrival to OPT, dated around your semesters, in the right order, each with its official source.
- 3
Do the next thing
Today shows one next step, broken into minutes. Deadlines go in your calendar so nothing sneaks up.
- 4
Stay on track to graduation
A stamp for every chapter, reminders every year, and a heads-up when the rules change.
Your whole degree,
chapter by chapter.
From the weeks before your flight to internships, taxes every spring and OPT after graduation. Finish a chapter and its stamp goes in your passport.
- Nº 1
Pre-flight
- Book your flight
- Onyen
- Pack your I-20
- Nº 2
Touchdown
- I-94
- ISSS check-in
- Bank account
- Nº 3
First month
- SSN
- One Card
- Campus job
- Nº 4
Settling in
- NC DMV
- First credit card
- Nº 5
First spring
- Form 8843
- Summer plans
- Nº 6
Sophomore year
- 12 credits
- Taxes
- Summer CPT
- Nº 7
Junior year
- Internship CPT
- Travel signature
- Nº 8
Senior year
- OPT I-20
- Form I-765
- Nº 9
After graduation
- 90-day limit
- STEM OPT
Passport
Aisha · Class of 2028
- Pre-flight
- Touchdown
- First month
- Settling in
- First spring
- Sophomore year
- Junior yearNOW
- Senior year
- After graduation
✦ 3,120 milesNext: CPT for a summer internship
Your degree,
one passport.
Watch it fill up, from your first flight to your OPT, and always know what’s next.
- ◎A stamp for every chapter, Pre-flight to STEM OPT
- ✦Miles for every task you finish
- ↗Share your progress with family back home
Every step,
sourced.
Each task links to the official page it comes from, and anything about your status points you to ISSS. When a rule changes, Reloco tells you.
- UNC ISSS
- USCIS
- Study in the States (DHS)
- IRS
- Social Security
- NC DMV
- CBP
Graduation & OPT
File Form I-765 for OPT
USCIS must receive it no earlier than 90 days before your program ends and within 30 days of your OPT I-20.
- I-94
- ISSS check-in
- Social Security number
- Bank account
- One Card
- Onyen
- Immunizations
- Lease
- US phone number
- First credit card
- Health insurance
- NC driver’s license
- Form 8843
- On-campus job
- 12 credits every semester
- Travel signature
- Address updates
- CPT approval
- OPT I-20
- Form I-765
- STEM OPT
- 1040-NR
One small step,
then the next.
Reloco picks what to do next and breaks it into steps you can tick off in minutes.
