Our Role

  • Advise faculty, departments and ISD Human Resources Delivery Service Teams on immigration options and collaborate to prepare immigration documents and/or file immigration applications and petitions with the U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. 
  • Advise prospective and current international scholars and employees on immigration options and immigration regulations for unpaid activities or employment at Iowa State University. 
  • Prepare Form I-9 for ISU’s international employees and monitor employment to ensure compliance with regulations.

Advising, filing immigration petitions, preparing immigration documents:

  • J-1 Exchange Visitors (scholars and student interns)
  • H-1B petitions for ISU employment
  • O-1, TN, E-3 petitions for ISU employment
  • B-1/B-2 visitors at ISU for conferences, training, scholarly activity
  • U.S. legal permanent resident (LPR) petitions for ISU employment (green cards)

Employment-related services for international scholars and students:

  • Form I-9 for international employees
  • Workday onboarding assistance
  • Non-resident tax and employment issues

Contact Information

Scholar Unit e-mail address: issoscholar@iastate.edu

Staff Responsibilities

Deb Vance

Contacts: 294-0373, dvance@iastate.edu

Consults on following topics:

  • Employment based green card requests (EB-2, EB-3)
  • J-1, H-1B, TN, E-3 and O-1 requests
  • B-1/B-2, Visa Waiver (WB/WT) questions
  • Outstanding Professor/Researcher green card requests (EB-1B)
  • Nonresident tax and employment issues
  • Cystart training for new users
  • Immigration training for departments and ISD HR teams
  • Workday employment issues

Marcus Thompson

Consults on following topics:

  • Employment based green card requests (EB-2, EB-3)
  • J-1, H-1B, TN, E-3 and O-1 requests
  • B-1/B-2, Visa Waiver (WB/WT) questions
  • Outstanding Professor/Researcher green card requests (EB-1B)
  • Cystart training for new users
  • Immigration training for departments and ISD HR teams

Karen Clement

Contacts: 294-5877, kclement@iastate.edu

Assists in following areas:

  • Cystart training and trouble shooting for J-1 Scholar Requests
  • Prepares DS-2019 forms (initial, extension, add dependent)
  • Distributes DS-2019 forms (initial, extension, add dependent)
  • Conducts Scholar Check-In for all immigration statuses
  • Exchange Visitor (scholars in J-1 status) Orientation

Anna Powell

Contacts: 294-1121, anna17@iastate.edu

Assists in the following areas:

  • Completes Section 2 of Form I-9 for international employees
  • Monitors employment begin and end dates for international employees
  • Monitors hours worked for international student employees
  • Tax treaty benefit applications
  • Nonresident tax questions

 

Chelsea Knedler

Contacts: 294-0375, cknedler@iastate.edu

Assists in the following areas:

  • Completes Section 2 of Form I-9 for international employees
  • Nonresident tax questions