b'International Student Compliance ServicesBringing outstanding talent from around the worldA lthough 2020 was not withoutFebruary 2020 and were training its challenges for Internationalthem when the pandemic forced many Student Compliance Servicesemployees to work remotely in March (ISCS), we are proud to say we are2020. This resulted in a hiring freeze extremely resilient and continue toat the University of Florida. Training overcome. We had recently, at the endremotely proved complicated but not of 2019, advocated for and receivedimpossible. We quickly created Zoom the Provosts approval to create andmeetings for training and weekly staff 2020 INTERNATIONALhire two new advisory positions.meetings. We held virtual townhalls Our plan was to go from six coreand provided FAQs to help our current STUDENTS BYadvisors to eight, bringing the F-1and incoming students understand ACADEMIC LEVEL* student to advisor ratio down fromthe temporary registration allowances Undergraduate933 approximately 1000:1 to 750:1 andfrom the Student and Exchange Visitor Graduate2,976 increasing our efficiency in helpingProgram (SEVP) guidance, and to help Non-Degree58 the UF community (faculty and staff)UF faculty and staff navigate those OPT/STEM OPT1,952 to better understand F-1 regulations.requirements as well. We had hired one new advisor in Total5,919*Curricular Practical Traning (CPT)TOP 5 FIELDS OF STUDY TOP 5 REQUESTS FROM F-1 numbers not included INTERNATIONAL STUDENTSEngineeringInitial and transfer-in I-20sComputer & InformationReduced Course Load AuthorizationScience I-20 Reprint due to damage, loss, or update TOP 10 COUNTRIES Biological andtravel signatureOF ORIGIN Biomedical SciencesI-20 ExtensionsChina 1,986 Business Management,Curricular Practical TrainingMarketingIndia 1,797South Korea178 Physical SciencesBrazil160Venezuela 152Taiwan 118Iran 102Saudi Arabia 78Colombia 75Canada 696 |GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT REPORT 2021|Celebrating 30 Years!'