International Recruitment and International Services (IRIS) supports students from all over the globe in coming to and experiencing Webster University.
International Recruitment and International Services (IRIS) is responsible for the following:
-Assisting prospective international students with the application and admissions process, visa application process and arrival procedure.
-Providing information to departments or campuses that want to bring visiting scholars (i.e. professors, short-term scholars, teaching assistants, and research scholars) to their campuses and handling the immigration related aspects of the process.
-Conducting immigration orientation, immigration workshops, and immigration check-in.
-Issuing immigration documents to international students and scholars.
-Advising students and scholars with respect to immigration, visa, work permission and personal matters.
-Ensuring that international students, scholars and Webster University are in compliance with federal regulations pertaining to nonimmigrants.
-Serving as the liaison between the university, the students and the scholars with several federal agencies.
The mission of International Recruitment and International Services (IRIS) is to support and enhance the vision, mission and values of the Webster University by promoting partnerships with faculty and staff to recruit and retain students seeking an inclusiveness, global learning experience and academic excellence.
