<p>is it mandatory to arrive in us at the reporting date written in I20?? Like if the reporting date is 10th, I take the flight for 10 and reach US at 11th. Will I have problem with the immigration and stuff??</p>
<p>You are probably fine being one day late.</p>
<p>I met a guy at the airport who wanted to enter the country a month after his reporting date. They let him into the country, but not until after giving him a lecture on the importance of showing up on time (in general). It was hilarious :D</p>
<p>That’s a big relief!! Are you sure its fine to be one day late?</p>
<p>Actually, this is rather confusing. The United States Education Foundation, here in Nepal, say that students should enter US by the date m,entioned in the I20. They recommended me to enter US a day before the date mentioned in my I20.</p>
<p>I reported this to my college coz the International std counselor in her earlier email had told me that intll std need not report before or within the date mentioned in the I20. So, this time around, an emmergency meeting was called in the coll’s Intl office to make clear decision.</p>
<p>The reply was:</p>
<p>"Dear Jason,</p>
<p>I just stepped out of a meeting with the Director of the OISS office, and she said that the date of August 12, 2008 was selected to give students the option to come a little earlier to give themselves some time to adjust to UNO. However, in contrast to what the US Education Foundation officials have said, you do not have to report to the university before that date if you do not want to. You must purchase your plane ticket to arrive in the U.S. in time for the International Student Orientation which is held once on August 22nd. "</p>
<p>So, the best thing to do would be to contact International Office at your college, and follow what they say.</p>
<p>Technically the reporting date is supposed to be the first day you have to be physically present on campus (e.g. the first day of classes or the first day of your orientation program) and all students are supposed to arrive before it, but every now and then a college bends the rules to allow students to arrive earlier. It never made sense to me because you are allowed to enter the States 30 days in advance of your reporting date anyway. (Is UNO so bad that you need one and a half months to adjust?!?) </p>
<p>Honestly, don’t worry about it, you’ll be fine!</p>
<p>“One and a half months to adjust?”</p>
<p>Where did that come from? There’s only 10 days between Aug 12 and 22. Not all intl students can enter US 30 days in advance even if they are allowed to, because not all can afford the accomodation costs. Housing at UNO opens officially on Aug 21, and they charge $20.6 for every day before that.</p>
<p>From a legal point of view, students can enter the US 30 days in advance of the reporting date stated on their I-20. Apparently UNO decided to make the reporting date the 12th instead of 22nd so that students could have 10 more days to adjust if they wanted to… but who needs 40 days to adjust? I mean, come on, aren’t 30 days enough?!?</p>
<p>yes, legally, yes. I understand what you are saying. </p>
<p>But, “Is UNO so bad that you need one and a half months to adjust” and your last post imply different things!!! :)</p>