Continuous Enrollment for International Students

To maintain student visa status, U.S. and Canadian immigration laws require international students to be in continuous full-time enrollment. City University of Seattle defines international student full-time status as follows:

  • Undergraduate programs – fifteen (15) credits per term
  • Graduate programs – six (6) credits per term in the US and nine (9) credits per term in Canada
  • English as a Second Language program – eighteen (18) hours per week (US only)
Distance learning courses DO NOT contribute to full-time status as defined by U.S./Canadian immigration regulations. 

(Procedure #2100.16)