International Scholar Dossier (ISD)
ISD is a web-based system used to request visa documents needed to invite J-1 visiting scholars to UC Berkeley. Attendance at one of our ISD training workshops is required to be granted access.
ISD User Resources:
- ISD FAQs and Common Errors
- ISD Required Data:
This guide is intended to assist department administrators in gathering required information from J scholars to enter into ISD.
Please report any issues accessing ISD to BIO at internationaloffice@berkeley.edu.
Timeouts for Inactivity
Please note that after 30 minutes of inactivity in ISD, you will be automatically logged out and will lose all unsaved data.
File Upload Requirements
All required documents must be uploaded to ISD (upload instructions are provided in the User Guide for UCB Departments). Document files cannot be larger than 4 MB and you cannot add more than 100 MB of files at once. The following are acceptable file formats:
- Adobe Acrobat [pdf] (preferred)
- JPEG files [jpg or jpeg]
- Bitmaps [bmp]
- Text files [txt]
- Microsoft Word [doc or docx]
- Excel file [xls]
- Graphics Image Files [gif]
- Zipped files [zip]
ISD User Guide for Departments
ISD User Guide for Scholars
