Updating your Address and Phone Number in iVols

This article explains how to correctly update your address and phone number in iVols. Remember, this is required by law in order to keep your immigration status. It is very important that this is done correctly.

What information do I need?

In order to update your address and phone number, you will need to find your physical address and phone number.

Understanding a U.S. Physical Address

Vocabulary:

Street Abbreviations - Drive (Dr.), Avenue (Ave.), Boulevard (Blvd.), Circle (Cir.), Court (Ct.), Extension (Ext.), Road (Rd.), Street (St.), and Terrace (Ter.)

Apartment - this is typically a unit within a larger building that is identified through a specific unit number/letter.

Residential - this is typically a stand-alone house that is not a part of a larger building.

Area Code - this is regulated by the Federal Communications Commission and specify geographic regions in the US

Prefix - the 3 digit number that follows the area code in a phone number

Line number - this is the number of the line you are calling

In the Knoxville area, there are two primary types of physical addresses: apartment addresses and residential home address. We will show you how to correctly format each type.

Apartment Address

An apartment address typically has two lines followed by the city, State, and Zip code.

See the example below for a correctly completed address:

123 Neyland Dr. this includes the street number and the name of the street.

Apt. A this indicates a specific apartment unit, this can be a letter or number.

Knoxville, TN 37902 this line has the city the apartment is located, as well as the state and zip code.

The next example includes a building number. Some apartments will include the building as part of the address:

123 Neyland Dr. this includes the street number and the name of the street.

Building 1 Apt. A this indicates a specific apartment unit, this can be a letter or number and the building with which it is located in.

Knoxville, TN 37902 this line has the city the apartment is located, as well as the state and zip code.

Residential Address

A residential address typically has one line followed by the city, State, and Zip code. See the example below for a correctly completed residential address:

400 Neyland Dr. this includes the street number and the name of the street.

Knoxville, TN 37902 this line has the city the building is located, as well as the state and zip code.

Understanding a U.S. phone number

Phone numbers in the U.S. are typically made up of 10 numerical digits. When entering a U.S. phone number, you do NOT add the + symbol on the country code “1.”

See the example below:

(865)-974-3177

This is the phone number to the International Student and Scholar Services. If we were asked to enter this as our phone number, we would do the following. 865 is the area code. We would enter “865” in the area marked for area codes.

974-3177 is the prefix and line number respectively.

We would enter either 9743177 or 974-3177 in the box marked for phone number. Unless you have a business line, most people do not have extension numbers. If you do not have an extension, leave that box blank.