  {"id":55,"date":"2022-03-28T12:56:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T17:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cie\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2026-04-16T14:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:45:08","slug":"services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cie\/services\/","title":{"rendered":"International Students &amp; Scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\"><header class=\"page-header\"><h1 class=\"entry-title heading-separator\">International Students &amp; Scholars<\/h1><\/header>\n\n\n<p class=\"default\">CIE\u2019s International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) office provides visa services and immigration status advising for 51ÁÔÆæ\u2019s community of international students, visiting scholars, non-U.S. citizen employees and academic departments. ISSS also serves the campus through <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cie\/international-admissions\/\">International Admissions<\/a> for 51ÁÔÆæ\u2019s academic degrees and nondegree programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you are an international student, a visiting scholar\/researcher or a non-U.S. citizen employee, we will use our immigration, visa and admissions expertise to support your success at 51ÁÔÆæ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>51ÁÔÆæ is an institution with global impact that deeply values its diversity and the contributions of all immigrant and international students, faculty and staff members, and\u00a051ÁÔÆæ\u2019s policies demonstrate commitment to our community of internationals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-1854\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h5\" id=\"h-contact\">Contact<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jennifer Gruenewald<\/strong><br><em>Executive Director and Senior International Officer<\/em><br><a href=\"mailto:jgruene@uwm.edu\">jgruene@uwm.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-2698\"><nav aria-label=\"Sidebar\" class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list uwm-p-navigation-list--gold-border \"><div class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list--title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cie\/services\/\">International Students &amp; Scholars<\/a><\/div><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cie\/services\/students\/\">Students<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cie\/services\/scholars\/\">Scholars<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-bg-gray uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card-grid uwm-l-grid uwm-l-grid--equal-y uwm-l-grid--3\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-u-mb-40 uwm-p-card--gold\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--title\">For Students<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">51ÁÔÆæ&#8217;s ISSS staff members want to support your academic success by ensuring that you understand what your documents mean, how to maintain your status, and how we report information to the U.S. government via SEVIS.<\/div><a class=\"uwm-p-card--link\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cie\/services\/students\/\">Information for Students<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-u-mb-40 uwm-p-card--gold\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--title\">For J-1 Visiting Scholars<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">If you are being sponsored by 51ÁÔÆæ as a\u00a0visiting scholar in J-1\u00a0 status, you will need to consider how you will acquire J-1 status and also be aware of how to maintain J-1 status.<\/div><a class=\"uwm-p-card--link\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cie\/services\/scholars\/j1-visiting-scholar\/\">J-1 Visiting Scholar Information<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-u-mb-40 uwm-p-card--gold\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--title\">For H-1B Employees<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">If you are being sponsored by 51ÁÔÆæ for H-1B status, you will need to consider how you will acquire H-1B status and also be aware of how to maintain H-1B status.<\/div><a class=\"uwm-p-card--link\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cie\/services\/scholars\/h1b\/\">H-1B Employee Information<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"has-css-opacity uwm-c-hr--thick uwm-u-my-0\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1287,"featured_media":2324,"parent":0,"menu_order":65,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-55","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Center for International Education<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"51ÁÔÆæ&#039;s ISSS office provides international student services and scholar resources, including visa and immigration advising.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cie\/services\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"International Students &amp; 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