Transferring your I-20
Transferring Your I-20 from Another U.S. Institution
If you have been admitted to Northeastern Illinois University and are transferring from another U.S. higher education institution, your Form I-20 or DS-2019 must be transferred from your previous institution to NEIU. Complete the Transfer Verification Form and submit it to the international office at your current university, along with a copy of the admission letter you received from Northeastern. Your previous institution’s international office will fill out the information on when they will release your I-20 to be transferred to NEIU. Then, email the completed form to international-programs@neiu.edu.
International Conditional Admission
International applicants who do not meet the English language proficiency requirement for admission to their chosen degree program, but who meet all other academic requirements, may be considered for International Conditional Admission (ICA) in conjunction with the SAELL Intensive English Program. SAELL provides training for international students to meet the English language proficiency requirement.
ICA students must study in the SAELL Intensive English Program until they achieve a minimum score on one of the English proficiency tests that NEIU accepts, or until they pass Level 4 of SAELL in all three core classes with a grade of 80% or higher. (Click here for more information on minimum scores, and click here to learn about the levels of SAELL).
ICA students study for at least one semester in SAELL, and sometimes they study in SAELL for multiple semesters until they meet the English proficiency requirement.
After the English proficiency requirement has been met, the student will be fully admitted into the degree program and can begin studying in the degree program the next semester. In some cases of graduate admission, the decision may be provisional or conditional, depending on prerequisites or cumulative GPA.
ICA students are not permitted to take classes in the degree program until after they have met the English proficiency requirement and they have been fully admitted to the degree program.