Addresses in Axess
The United States government requires every F1 and J1 visa holder to have
accurate and up-to-date home and local addresses in the Student and Exchange
Visitor Information System (SEVIS), a government database that maintains
information on international students and exchange visitors with U.S.-sponsored
F1 or J1 visas.
In compliance with federal law, the local and permanent home addresses
you provide Stanford are transferred to SEVIS. It is your responsibility
to keep your addresses current. If your address changes during your studies,
you must report your change of address within 10 days of the move. Failure
to do so could result in complications that may jeopardize your visa status.
Please follow the instructions below to add or update your addresses.
What do I need to do?
While you hold a Stanford-sponsored F1 or J1 visa, you must provide the
University the following addresses and keep them up to date:
- Permanent Home Address — where you live in
your home country. This address cannot be a U.S. address or post office
box.
- Student Directory (Local) Address — where you
are residing while Stanford is the sponsor of your visa. This address
cannot be a non-US address, department address, office or post office
box. Even if you leave the U.S. temporarily (or permanently) you CANNOT
change this address to a non-US address.
- Current Mailing Addresses — where you will
receive all University correspondence. This address may be a post office
box, department address or office (This address is not sent to SEVIS)
How do I enter or change my addresses?
Use Axess, Stanford's online registration and information system, to enter
or change your address information. To do so, follow these steps:
- Log in to Axess at http://axess.stanford.edu
- Click on the Personal Info tab at
the top of the page. Your current address, phone, email and privacy
information will be displayed (see Figure A below).
(Figure A)
- Click Addresses in the Personal Info Menu on
the left. The addresses in your student record will be displayed.
Use the links to add or change an address (see Figure
B below).
(Figure B)
- To create your Student Directory (local) address click
the Add a New Address link at the bottom of the
page (see Figure C below)
(Figure C)
- Follow these steps (refer to Figure D below):
- Be sure the country is
shown as "United States". Please do not confuse country (on
the top of the page) with county (on the bottom of
the page). For those students who live on Stanford campus, the county
will be Santa Clara. If you do not know your county,
leave it blank. You can update it later.
- Enter your street address, city and postal
code. Address 1 must have an entry. Your address may be
continued in Address 2 if necessary.
- Choose the address type in the box on
the right as Student Directory (local) Address.
- Choose a date on which the new address
will take effect. Use today's date if the address is current.
- Click Save.
(Figure D)
- You can follow the above steps to add other address types (Billing,
Current Mailing, etc.) that are not sent to SEVIS. Those addresses
do not necessarily have to be U.S. addresses.
- To change an existing address, click the Change
Address link directly below the address. (Refer to Figure
C above)
- Make the necessary changes to the address,(refer for Figure
E below)
and then save. NOTE: If you are changing your Permanent Home address
to another non-U.S. country, follow these steps:
- Select the country by clicking on the Change Country
link. Click Advanced Search, enter the first letter of the
country in the Description field, and then click Lookup. Select
your country from the list that appears.
- Enter your street address, city, and postal code.
If your country has states, use the magnifying glass icon
to look up the code for the state.
- Choose a date on which the new address will be
effective and SAVE
(Figure E)
Note: You cannot delete an address type in Axess. Please
contact the Office of the University Registrar if you need to inactivate
an address.
