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CPT FAQ
- Check out our CPT FAQ here.
- All forms and documents are accessible via Westcliff Email Account. As soon as you complete the form, you will be in the queue for processing.
CPT Internship course/fee/payment/receipt:
- The internship course fee for 12-month CPT is paid semester by semester. Internship course will be added to your GAP semester by semester.
- Internship course fee is one credit hour rate for one semester (16 weeks), and 0.5 credit hour rate for one session (8 weeks).
- Find the 2025-2026 academic year credit hour rate on the Tuition and Fees webpage here: https://www.westcliff.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Tuition-Fees-2025-2026-Intl-Students.pdf
- Payment. Please make payment through your Student First Portal. Log in your Student First Portal, go to the "Account" section , then click"Add Payment".
- Payment receipt : After you make a payment, your WU email will receive a Payment Receipt from the system, download it and upload it to this form.
New CPT Application
- For current students, please submit your CPT request through Terra Dotta. Please review TD Step by Step CPT Request Submission Tutorial PDF or Video.
- For new students and Change of Education Level students, please submit the NEW CPT APPICATION from on the University Forms Webpage here: https://www.westcliff.edu/life-at-westcliff/student-services/forms/
- All forms and documents are accessible via Westcliff Email Account. As soon as you complete the form, you will be in the queue for processing.
- Submit this form if you do not currently have CPT with Westcliff, or if this is your first CPT application request. Follow the instructions on the application form.
- For incoming/new students, your CPT will be processed after your completion of the SEVIS registration requirements including
- (1) having completed your admission process,
- (2) attending NSO,
- (3) submitting I-94,
- (4) submitting the Contact Update link ( for initial attendance students),
- (5) transferring your SEVIS record to WU( for transfer students).
- Required document : Recently signed Cooperative Agreement, Recently signed Offer Letter or Letter of Employment , Internship course fee payment receipt.
- Step 1:Check New CPT Application open dates and deadlines here.
- Step 2:Gather the required documents. Required documents: Cooperative Agreement, Job Offer Letter, and CPT Internship Course Payment Receipt.
- Step 3:Fill out and submit the CPT Request through your Terra Dotta Portal form or the NEW CPT APPLICATION form on the University Forms Webpage.
CPT Renewal Application
- All forms and documents are accessible via Westcliff Email Account. As soon as you complete the form, you will be in the queue for processing.
- Submit this form if you are working for the same employer and would like to extend your work authorization for the upcoming semester/session. Follow the instructions on the application form.
- Required document : previously signed Cooperative Agreement, previously signed Offer Letter, new internship course fee payment receipt.
- Please review TD Step by Step CPT Request Submission Tutorial PDF or Video.
- Step 1: Check CPT Renewal Application open dates and deadlines here.
- Step 2: Make a payment of CPT Internship Course Fee, save the payment receipt; Gather your previously signed Cooperative Agreement and the previous Offer Letter.
- Step 3: Fill out and submit the CPT Request through your Terra Dotta Portal.
Change of CPT Application
- All forms and documents are accessible via Westcliff Email Account. As soon as you complete the form, you will be in the queue for processing.
- Submit Change of CPT application form to make a change to the current CPT authorization period at least 10 days before the desired change.
- Changes may include: employer change, start date/end date, employer address change, part-time/full-time change, cancel CPT, etc.
- Employer Change :
- Changes to CPT will not change the original authorized CPT end date.
- Required documents : new Job Offer Letter, new Cooperative Agreement.
- The start date of the CPT will not be backdated. The earliest CPT start date will be your requested start date or the CPT processing date, whichever is later.
- Start date/end date change:
- The SEVIS system will not allow for backdating of the CPT start date.
- Within the authorization period, CPT end date can be shorted.
- Employer address change:
- Need a letter from the employer confirming the change.
- Switch between full-time and part-time CPT :
- Need a letter from the employer confirming the change and the start date of the change.
- Changing from part-time to full-time, need to meet the academic requirements of the full-time CPT.
- Cancel CPT: CPT can only be shorted to the end date of the employment end date.
- When cancel the CPT, there is option for remaining in the internship course for the reminder of the semester/session, which allows student to get back to CPT and continue the internship course by submitting another Change of CPT to add an employer.
- When cancel the CPT, there is option for withdrawing from the internship course. This option won't allow students to get back to the CPT during the reminder of the semester/session. Students need to wait for the next available CPT applications window to submit a NEW CPT Request to get back to CPT and internship course.
- Submit the Change of CPT application form on the University Forms Webpage.