Faculty and Scholars – International Faculty & Scholar Services

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Whether you are coming to UC Santa Cruz on a J-1, H-1B, Permanent Residency, or other visa type, you’ll find up-to-date information to help you understand your responsibilities, prepare for travel, and maintain your immigration status. Our goal is to support a smooth and successful transition to UC Santa Cruz and ensure compliance with U.S. immigration regulations.

Common Visa Statuses

J-1 Exchange Visitors

Visiting international professors, lecturers, and researchers at UC Santa Cruz. J-1 Exchange Visitors must be invited by an academic department, lab, Center, or Institute. View for information about the visa process, orientation, health insurance, program extension, and special rules for J-1 exchange visitors.

H-1B Visa Holders

The H-1B category permits temporary employment in a specialty occupation.

Permanent Residency

Employment-based permanent residency support is reserved for international faculty and staff who have been offered permanent positions at UC Santa Cruz.

Other Visa Types

Other visa types include O-1, TN/E-3, B-1/B-2/WT/WB

Scholar Spotlights

Learn about current and past international scholars and the work they are doing at UC Santa Cruz.

Region of Origin

Divisional Affiliation

Rebecca Killick

Rebecca Killick is a statistics professor visiting from Lancaster University, UK invited by UC Santa Cruz Professor Robert Lund. Killick’s research is in an area of statistics called nonstationary time series, dealing with data whose properties change over time. Unlike stationary time series, where patterns are consistent, nonstationary data often exhibit trends, seasonal effects, structural […]

Yayaati Chachan

Yayaati Chachan is a postdoctoral scholar in Professor Jonathan Fortney‘s research group in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz. His work focuses on planets around other stars, how they form, and how their formation leaves an imprint on their atmospheres, interiors, and orbital architectures. “Until three decades ago, we didn’t know […]