Registration Hold

A student with an F-1 visa is required by the United States Code of Federal Regulations to enroll in a full course of study each fall and spring semester: 12 credit hours for undergraduates and 9 credit hours for graduate students. For thease reason, international students will always see the "No Drop Activity - Add Allowed (Term Year) Restrict Dropping of Courses" hold on your account. This hold is specific to each semester, and only takes effect after the drop-add deadline for that term. It is there to prevent you, as an international student, from falling out of status by going below the required number of credits; it does not affect adding classes to your course registration. The No Drop Activity hold is the only hold placed on your account by the International Center and cannot be cleared.

Immunization Hold

Frequently, students have the immunization hold. To clear this hold, you will have to submit immunization documentation to the Health Compliance Office of the Student Health Care Center/Infirmary. If you have submitted your documentation, but this hold remains on your record, you will need to contact the Health Compliance Office, and follow their directions, to have it removed.

Emergency Contact Hold

Every semester additional holds, such as the emergency contact hold, are placed on student accounts by other UF offices; these must be cleared before you can have access to your course registration.

Students must follow these instructions to clear any hold:

  • Go to https://one.uf.edu/ > My account > Update my directory profile
  • Click on the heading “My Record” under My Online Services
  • Click on “Holds”
  • Follow the directions to clear the holds. Remember the No Drop Allowed hold cannot be cleared. You will find more information on our website if you need to drop a course.
  • Log out completely, close your browser, and then log back in to verify that the holds were successfully removed.