ELTI Deferral Policy

The ELTI defines a deferral as a deferral of admission. This is when a new student needs to change their original admission date for various reasons, including visa denial. Students who need to defer their admission should refer to the ELTI Deferral Policy outlined below.

Students requesting a deferral should be aware that once their visa request has been denied, the chances of having it approved significantly decrease with each successive denial.

1. No deferral requests will be granted until the I-901 fee has been paid.
2. Students who request a deferral must fill out the ELTI Deferral Request Form. This is emailed to students by ELTI staff upon request. The link is not publicly available.
3. There is a maximum of three deferral requests per student within a two-year period. The period begins from the date that the application is submitted.
4. Students who request a deferral more than one calendar year from their original application date must submit a new ELTI application and pay a new ELTI application fee.