Office of International Students and Scholars

OISS News!

(April 1, 2024) New fees for certain Immigration and Naturalization benefits begin today!  Details are available on the USCIS website.  It is essentail that individuals filing applications with USCIS make note of the new filing fee before filing their application.  Each form type has a section on the form page detailing the filing fee. Applications with incorrect filing fee amounts will be rejected.

(Feb 15, 2024) Students and scholars who were are Lehigh during Tax Year 2023 received an e-mail today with details about tax filing today.  Please check your e-mail and review that information carefully!  You can find more details on the tax page of our website.

(Feb 8, 2024) Tax season is here!! Some students received an e-mail directing them to complete a short form about a tax document.  OISS will send additional information about tax season next week.  Information about tax help is available on this page of the website.

(Jan 22, 2024) OISS Advisor assignments changed for Spring 2024!  Find your assigned advisor in the staff profiles on this page.

Facts and Figures

• Roughly 1,000 international students and scholars are proud to call Lehigh home.
• The leading countries of origin for students and scholars are China, India and Iran
• Lehigh’s international population is mostly concentrated in the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science and the College of Business and Economics.
• The majority of the university’s international population holds an F-1 visa.

OISS Annual Reports

Fall 2023 International Enrollment Report (pdf)

Fall 2022 International Enrollment Report (pdf)

Fall 2021 International Enrollment Report (pdf)

Fall 2020 International Enrollment Report (pdf)

Fall 2019 International Enrollment Report (pdf) 

Fall 2018 International Enrollment Report (pdf)

Fall 2017 International Enrollment Report (pdf)