PISA Services include-

• Submitting requests for screenings for international visitors, visiting scholars, postdocs, staff, and faculty, to the Office of Export Controls
• Supporting, administratively, the immigration services performed by International Scholar Services' counselors, by collecting and relaying documents and information, monitoring timelines and dates (especially expiration dates) and connecting with allied offices as needed, including
  • Submitting R4P / DirectHire requests for Purdue credentials (Purdue Career account, email, and PUID)
  • Drafting
    • Invitation letters for international visiting scholars and visitors
    • Employment Verification Letters for internationals who are traveling outside the USA
    • Petition support letters for USCIS petitions for H-1B, E-3, TN or permanent residence and submitting to departments for signature
  • Preparing ISS Check Request Forms for checks in payment of USCIS government filing fees and other expenses, and submitting to Departmental Business Offices for processing
• Submitting requests into MyISS and following up as needed
• Creating a welcoming and helpful environment for internationals at Purdue
• Providing practical guidance to departments, business offices and supervisors about the processes, procedures or policies that might be involved when hosting or hiring an international
• Responding to questions, discussion or assistance, via email, phone, and virtual or in-person meetings about the administrative processes that underlie immigration sponsorship by Purdue

Host faculty / supervisors are responsible for submitting requests to PISA (who receives the requests on behalf of International Scholar Services).

Purdue's administrative structure is highly decentralized. Please note that, even though you might have already involved HR, or SuccessFactors, or Global Support in a query (and/or obtained approval for that query), that does not notify ISS of the issue in question, and does not mean that ISS has approved the immigration elements that may be within the issue.

ISS has no way of knowing about any international person, or any issue or change associated with an international person, until we are told by the host or hiring manager.

For more instructions about how to work with PISA, please see-

• How to Work with PISA (Generally)
• How to Submit Requests

Certain colleges have determined that they will utilize centralized Department Contacts who will be responsible for submitting to PISA the Intake Forms needed to initiate requests. Please see our webpage for Department Contacts to see if your College has a Department Contact. If your college does not have a Department Contact structure, then the host or hiring manager is responsible for submitting the request to PISA (ISS).

If you are a prospective or current host/hiring manager of an international:

• Contact PISA if you have general questions about PISA or ISS processing, costs or timelines that are not answered by this website.
• Contact your Department Contact if you have want to initiate a request, or learn about college-specific internal approval processes, etc. 

International scholars and employees cannot submit requests for themselves; your host or supervisor must submit the request, comprising an Intake Form with the required Departmental signatures.