Students should always check LEO Online (View Holds) before registering, to be sure all holds have been cleared. Login to the secure area is required to view holds.

Holds are be visible as soon as they are attached to students' accounts. Many holds prevent registration. FUTURE holds are now displayed and become effective on the date specified.

See a complete list of holds and how they are used.

Most Common Registrar's Office holds:

Pending Graduation
Students who are graduating at the end of the current term will have a hold that prevents further registration.

• If you still need to take courses to complete program requirements, e-mail graduate@odu.edu to notify the University Registrar of your new graduation term and to request that the hold be lifted.
• If you wish to continue taking classes after you graduate, you must be readmitted as a degree-seeking or non-degree student. Once you have been admitted to a new degree program, or have been admitted to take courses as a non-degree student following graduation, the hold will be removed. If the hold remains after you have been admitted, e-mail register@odu.edu for assistance.

No Registration Time Ticket (this is not a hold, but does prevent registration during pre-registration only until such time as the student is eligible to register). Admitted students without time tickets may be eligible to register once open registration starts.
Only degree-seeking students registered for the current term are eligible to receive time tickets. See the information on Time Ticketing.

Registration/Consortium and Joint Programs Holds
This hold prevents consortium and joint program students from registering online. Contact the Registrar's Office at register@odu.edu or 757-683-4425 for assistance.

Holds placed by other offices:

• Advisor Registration Block
• Accounts Receivable Holds
• Admissions Office Holds
• Assessment Holds
• Athletic Holds
• Career Advantage Program
• Continuance Holds (Undergraduate)
• Continuance Holds (Graduate) 
• English Language Center
• Financial Aid Hold
• Graduate Studies Office 
• Health Services Holds
• International Admissions 
• International Student Scholars and Services
• Library Fines
• Non-degree Graduate Students 12-Hour Hold
• Office of Student Conduct and Academic Integrity
• Parking Fines
• Student Ombudsperson Services (S.O.S.)
• Student Recreation Center
• Teacher Education Services
• Transcript Hold
• Registrar's Office
• Writing Center Hold

Hold Code	Hold Message Contact Information for Office Placing Hold
Advising Staff
AD	Advisor Registration Block University policy requires all degree seeking students to be advised, whether or not a major has been declared. Students must contact the academic advisor for the major or the advisor at the Center for Major Exploration in order for the hold to be lifted. These holds become effective either November 1 for pre-registration for the next spring semester, or April 1 for pre-registration for the following summer or fall. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: Your academic departmental advisor (click here to find the right person), your site director for distance learning students,or, if you are unsure of your major, the Center for Major Exploration, 1st floor Webb Center, across from Starbucks, 757-683-3699; or undergraduates can e-mail advisor@odu.edu.
Office of Finance (Accounts Receivable)
AH	Accounts Receivable Hold These holds are placed when the student's account becomes past due or is submitted to the collection agency. The tuition deadline is posted well in advance of the beginning of each semester and students should have financing attendance at the University planned prior to enrolling in classes. Further information is available at www.odu.edu/finance Hold Prohibits: Registration, enrollment verification, release of transcript, posting of graduation, ability to view grade, additional accounts receivable activity. Contact: Office of Finance, 2nd Floor, Rollins Hall,757-683-3030, tuition@odu.edu
AR	Accounts Receivable When the student has a delinquent amount due, an A/R hold is placed on the account. Hold Prohibits: Registration, enrollment verification, release of transcript, posting of graduation, ability to view grade, additional accounts receivable activity. Contact: Office of Finance, 2nd Floor, Rollins Hall,757-683-3030, tuition@odu.edu Occasionally, an Athletics accounts receivable hold, used infrequently, occurs if a student-athlete has not returned equipment (laptop, athletic equipment, books) and is required to do so by coaches and/or administrators. The reason included on this hold: Return of athletic equipment required. Hold Prohibits: Registration, enrollment verification, release of transcript, posting of graduation, ability to view grade, additional accounts receivable activity. Contact: Associate Athletic Director, Mark Brown, 683-5224, or Student Athletes Academic Advisor, April Brecht, 683-3709, 1st Floor, Athletic Administration Building
Office of Admissions
AM	Admissions This hold is used when miscellaneous documentation is needed from the student. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: Office of Admissions, 757-683-3685, admit@odu.edu
AP	Admission Application Pending This hold is used once the student has applied for admission to the University but a decision has not yet been made. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: Office of Admissions, 757-683-3685, admit@odu.edu
Athletics
AT	Athletic Hold The AT hold is the primary hold used by athletics. Student-athletes are associated with their sport code in the administrative system beginning with orientation. This hold is placed by the athletic advising staff and used to prevent student-athletes or staff on campus from changing registration schedules for the student-athletes, ensuring full-time enrollment of at least 12 hours and fulfilling other University and NCAA requirements. The student must see one of the student-athlete advisors before making any schedule changes. See the website: studentservices.odu.edu/lifeskills Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: Student Athletes Academic Advisor, April Brecht, 683-3709 or Student Athletes Academic Advisor, Devon Uiterwyk, 68-3715
Career Management Center
CM	Career Advantage Program This hold is for the occasional student who does not respond to request for information we are required to maintain. Hold Prohibits: Registration, release of transcript, ability to view grade, preview of degree evaluation Contact: Career Management Center, Webb Center, 2nd Floor above the Center for Major Exploration, 683-5341, cmc@odu.edu
"D" Series Holds
D1	University Hearing Officer This hold is normally applied when a student fails to complete his/her sanction(s) by the assigned deadline(s) or has a pending case that needs to be resolved prior to the student's registration. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: Office of Student Conduct and Academic Integrity, 757-683-3431, oscai@odu.edu
D2	University Hearing Officer This hold is normally applied when a student fails to complete his/her sanction(s) by the assigned deadline(s) or has a pending case that needs to be resolved prior to the processing or viewing of the transcript, grades, or processing of degree evaluation. Hold Prohibits: Processing and viewing of transcript, grades, processing of degree evaluation. Contact: Office of Student Conduct and Academic Integrity, 757-683-3431, oscai@odu.edu
D3	University Hearing Officer This hold is normally applied when a student fails to complete his/her sanction(s) by the assigned deadline(s) or has a pending case that needs to be resolved prior to the student's graduation. Hold Prohibits: Graduation Contact: Office of Student Conduct and Academic Integrity, 757-683-3431, oscai@odu.edu
English Language Center
EL	English Language Cntr Holds are usually placed on the records of international students who have not demonstrated proof of insurance. On the web, go to: www.odu.edu/ao/oip/elc Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: English Language Center, 683-4424
Financial Aid Office
FA	Financial Aid This hold is applied to the records of graduating students who have received financial aid during enrollment at the University. Loan exit counseling is required and can be completed by clicking to www.dlssonline.com Hold Prohibits: Registration, enrollment verification, release of transcript, posting of graduation, ability to view grade, additional accounts receivable activity Contact: Office of Financial Aid, 683-3683, finaid@odu.edu
Office of Graduate Studies
CR	Responsible Conduct of Research All degree-seeking graduate students admitted or readmitted since Fall 2010 are required to complete training in the fundamentals of Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR). This training must be completed within the first year of enrollment following admission. Students who do not complete the RCR training within the first year of enrollment will have a hold preventing registration and graduation until the training is completed. Students can check the unofficial transcript in LEO Online for the entry showing that the training has been completed. Hold Prohibits: Registration, Graduation Questions relating to the RCR training should be addressed to Adam Rubenstein, Director of Research Compliance, at arubenst@odu.edu or 757-683-3686. If the student's record has not been updated or the hold has not been removed after 30 days from the date of completion of the training, contact: Office of the University Registrar, register@odu.edu.
GC	Graduate Continuance Graduate students who end a semester of attendance with less than a 3.0 GPA will be placed on academic warning. This hold informs the student that he or she may continue to enroll in undergraduate courses, but not in graduate courses. Student cannot use LEO Online to register; must submit completed registration form. Hold Prohibits:Registration Contact: Office of Graduate Studies, 757-683-4885
GF	Exceeds Graduate Hours in Non-Degree Status (Ofc of Graduate Studies) Non-degree students are eligible to enroll in up to 12 academic credits prior to making formal application for admission to a degree program. After the 12th hour has been exceeded, this hold will be placed on the student's record. If the student does not plan to enroll in a degree program, but is engaged in life-long learning activities, licensure or a certificate program, the student should log in to LEO Online at www.leoonline.odu.edu (click to View Holds) to access the survey link from the hold to inform the Office of Graduate Studies of future enrollment intention. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: Office of Graduate Studies, 757-683-4885, graduatenondegree@odu.edu
GW	Non-Degree Status Hours from 6.0-11.99 (Ofc of Graduate Studies) Students in this category receive this warning hold and direction to log into LEO Online to complete the survey at www.leoonline.odu.edu (view holds). This information is used in the Office of Graduate Studies to remove the non-fatal hold and update the student's record so that he or she can continue to enroll in life-long learning courses, licensure or certificate programs. If the student exceeds 11.99 hours, then the GF hold will be applied. The GF hold is restrictive; the GW hold is not. Hold Prohibits: Nothing; this hold is informational only Contact: Office of Graduate Studies, 757-683-4885, graduatenondegree@odu.edu
Student Health Services
HS	Student Health Services This hold is placed on the records of students who have not provided evidence of required health immunizations. Students are notified by email from Health Services to the ODU student e-mail address when the immunization hold is placed. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: Student Health Services, 757-683-3132
International Admissions
IA	International Admissions Placed by International Admissions. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: International Admissions, 757-683-3701, intladm@odu.edu
I3	No Credit Courses Engl Reqs This hold is placed on the records of students who are eligible to enroll in intensive English only in the English Language Center, Hughes Hall. Students in this category may not enroll in academic courses. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: International Admissions, 757-683-3701, intladm@odu.edu
I4	Grad Bridge/Max 3 Cr Hrs Graduate Bridge courses required and are taught through the English Language Center, Hughes Hall. Students may enroll in a maximum of 3 credit hours. Registration for Bridge courses is completed at the English Language Center, Hughes Hall; registration for academic credit courses is required at the Registrar's Office in Rollins Hall. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: International Admissions, 757-683-3701, intladm@odu.edu
I5	UG Bridge/Max 8 Cr Hrs Undergraduate Bridge courses are required and taught through the English Language Center, Hughes Hall. Students may enroll in a maximum of 8 academic credit hours. Registration for academic classes is required at the Registrar's Office in Rollins Hall. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: International Admissions, 757-683-3701, intladm@odu.edu
I6	UG BRDG/passed WSPT/Max 10 SH International students in this category have passed the Writing Sample Placement Test and can enroll in a maximum of 10 academic credit hours. Undergraduate Bridge courses are required and taught through the English Language Center, Hughes Hall. Registration for academic classes is required at the Registrar's Office in Rollins Hall. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: International Admissions, 757-683-3701, intladm@odu.edu
I7	Max 3 Cr Hrs/Summer Semester Students may enroll in a maximum of 3 academic credit hours during the summer sessions. Registration for academic classes is required at the Registrar's Office in Rollins Hall. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: International Admissions, 757-683-3701, intladm@odu.edu
I9	Miscellaneous Hold This is a miscellaneous hold used to require international students to submit various identified documents to the Office of International Admissions. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: International Admissions, 757-683-3701, intladm@odu.edu
International Student and Scholar Services
IS	International Student and Scholar Services This hold is placed for a variety of reasons -- missing documentation might need to be submitted, we have not received a response to e-mails sent to you, or there is important documentation in our office for you that needs immediate attention. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: International Student and Scholar Services at 757-683-4756, intlstu@odu.edu or studentaffairs.odu.edu/isss
I1	New Intl Student No Registr This hold is placed for all students on a non-immigrant visa (i.e. those without a green card) admitted to a new academic program at ODU.Please refer to the Announcements section of the ISSS website (studentaffairs.odu.edu/isss) for detailed information about new student check-in. General information (dates, location and documentation requirements) are included in the Pre-Arrival Guide included in the packet that contained your letter of admission to the University. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: International Student and Scholar Services at 757-683-4756, intlstu@odu.edu or studentaffairs.odu.edu/isss
I2	Health Ins Req All students on F-1 or J-1 status are required by University or federal policies to maintain health insurance that meets certain requirements. This hold is placed on students who have not yet purchased the insurance, have not purchased enough or in cases where a company has not yet notified us of your insurance purchase. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: International Student and Scholar Services at 757-683-4756, intlstu@odu.edu or studentaffairs.odu.edu/isss/resources/health_req.shtml
I8	Intl Dependent Health Ins Req This is a miscellaneous hold used to require international students to contact the International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) staff regarding health insurance coverage). Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: International Student and Scholar Services, 757-683-4756, intlstu@odu.edu or studentaffairs.odu.edu/isss
University Libraries
LF	Library Fine These holds are placed when return of materials is delinquent or damage has occurred. Any library staff member can provide assistance. Hold Prohibits: Registration, enrollment verification, release of transcript, posting of graduation, ability to view grades, additional accounts receivable activity Contact: Circulation Services, 757-683-4154 or www.lib.odu.edu or www.lib.odu.edu/services/circulation/finesandfees.htm Collection agency information can also be located at the website mentioned above. Contact: Todd, Bremer & Lawson, 800-849-6669.
Student Ombudsperson Services (S.O.S.)
OM	Student Ombudsperson Services This hold is placed on the records of students who default on a Student Emergency Loan made by the SOS Office. Repayment is 30 days from the date of the loan. Students who fail to repay the loan in full by 5pm EST on the repayment date will have a financial hold placed on their record. Holds are removed within 24 hours of receipt of payment. Hold Prohibits: Registration, release of academic transcript, release of diploma Contact: Carrie Duran (SOS), 757-683-3442
Preview Office
P1	Preview Office This hold is placed on the record of a student who has been granted an exception to pre-payment and owes a PREVIEW fee. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: Preview Office, 757-683-3428, preview@odu.edu
Parking & Transportation Services
PF or T2	Parking Fine Parking holds are placed on the student's account when parking fines or fines for other violations related to use of University garages and ground parking are delinquent. Hold Prohibits: Registration, enrollment verification, release of transcript, posting of graduation, ability to view grade, additional accounts receivable activity Contact: Parking Services, 757-683-4004, parking@odu.edu
Office of the University Registrar
R1	Registrar This hold may be placed for several reasons and will usually require the student to contact the Registrar's Office for resolution. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: Office of the University Registrar, 757-683-4425 (Registration), register@odu.edu
RC	Registrar/Consortium This hold is placed on the records of students who are taking courses at the University as guest students through the Virginia Tidewater Consortium. Students may only enroll in courses in person at the Registrar's Office, Rollins Hall. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: Office of the University Registrar, 757-683-4425 (Registration), register@odu.edu
RG	Regist Hold/Pend Graduation This hold is placed on the records of students who have applied for graduation for the current term. Students who discover they will not graduate as planned should contact the Registrar's Office graduation staff to update the expected graduation date and have the hold removed. Students who wish to take classes AFTER graduation must be readmitted to the University as a non-degree, second degree, or graduate student before the hold will be removed. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: Office of the University Registrar, 757-683-4425 (Graduation), register@odu.edu
RH	Not Eligible to Register Now Used infrequently. The student should contact the Registrar's Office. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: Office of the University Registrar, 757-683-4425 (Registration), register@odu.edu
RJ/JD	Joint Program Student Students with this hold are attending through one of the joint degree programs Old Dominion University shares with Eastern Virginia Medical School, The College of William and Mary, Norfolk State University, as well as other institutions, where Old Dominion University is not the school of record for the program. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: Office of the University Registrar, 757-683-4425 (Registration), register@odu.edu OR the Registrar's Office at your home institution
RS	Registrar/Senior Citizen Students with this hold should contact the Registrar's Office for assistance with registering. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: Office of the University Registrar, 757-683-4425 (Registration), register@odu.edu
TR	Transcript Hold Used infrequently by the Registrar's Office when an official transcript has been released prior to student payment. Hold Prohibits: Release of transcript Contact: Office of the University Registrar, 757-683-4425 (Transcripts), transcripts@odu.edu
Student Recreation Center
SR	This hold is placed when a student's account becomes past due for failure to pay for lost or damaged equipment, forfeit bond or late fees. Hold Prohibits: Registration, enrollment verification, release of transcript, receipt of diploma, ability view grades, additional accounts receivable activity. Contact: Meghan Reed, Associate Director Recreation and Wellness, SRC Suite 1207, 757-683-3384 or mreed@odu.edu
Assessment Office
TC	Trans to College Inventory Hld Freshmen students are required to complete a transition to college inventory (TCI) questionnaire in advance of attending the University. The TCI helps staff at the University to understand characteristics of students in the class in order to facilitate their transition to the University. The TCI is normally completed during Preview. Students who do not attend Preview will have the TCI hold placed and will not be able to register. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: Office of Assessment, 757-683-3322, assess@odu.edu
TF	Freshman Assessment Freshmen students are required to complete the Freshman Assessment. This is a survey that must be submitted in advance of registration for the student's second semester at the University. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: Office of Assessment, 757-683-3322, assess@odu.edu
TG	Graduate Assessment Graduate students are required to complete the Graduate Student Satisfaction Survey (GSSS) during their last semester at the University. The degree will not be posted and the student will not be sent the diploma until the GSSS has been completed and submitted to the Assessment Office. Hold Prohibits: Graduation Contact: Office of Assessment, 757-683-3322, assess@odu.edu
TH	Transfer Assessment Hold Transfer students are required to complete the Transfer Student Satisfaction Survey during the first semester of attendance. Students will not be able to register for a second semester if the transfer student assessment has not bee completed. Students will receive a personal invitation at their ODU email address shortly after the beginning of the fall or spring semester. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: Office of Assessment, 757-683-3322, assess@odu.edu
TN	Transfer Student Survey Entering transfer students will be sent an invitation to take the Transfer Biographical Questionnaire (BioQ) after they have completed the Transfer Student Satisfaction Survey. Students will not be able to register for a second semester if the transfer student assessment has not been completed. Students will receive a personal invitation at their ODU email address within 24 hours after submitting the TSS. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: Office of Assessment, 757-683-3322, assess@odu.edu
TS	Senior Assessment The Senior Assessment (Senior Student Satisfaction Survey) is a University requirement for graduation. It must be completed during the semester in which the student plans to graduate and is available to students who have applied for graduation and are "pending" for graduation in the records of the Registrar's Office. A personal invitation will be sent to the student's ODU email address. Students who have not completed the Senior Assessment can participate in commencement ceremonies, but the degree will not be posted to the record and the diploma will be withheld until the survey has been completed and submitted to the Office of Assessment. Hold Prohibits: Graduation Contact: Office of Assessment, 757-683-3322, assess@odu.edu
Academic Continuance & Transfer Programs
UC	Undergraduate Continuance This hold will be placed on the records of students who are suspended from the University. This hold prevents further registration unless the student has successfully appealed suspension or the suspension period has been served and the student has been reactivated or readmitted to the University. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: Coordinator of Undergraduate Continuance, 757-683-3773 or http://uc.odu.edu/continuance/
Writing Center
WC	Writing Center This hold is placed on the records of students who transfer in credit for English 110C, all of whom are required to take the Writing Sample Placement Test prior to or during the first semester at the University. If they pass, they have met the initial writing requirement. If they do not pass, they are required to meet with a Writing Center counselor to review their test. If students have not taken or have not reviewed the test at the end of their first semester, a hold is placed on registration for the next semester. Students must retest and pass before the end of the second semester. If they have not passed by the end of the second semester, a hold will prevent further registration. Once the student has passed the test, the hold is removed. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: Writing Center, 757-683-4112, uc.odu.edu/writingcenter/
Teacher Education Services
TE	Teacher Education This hold is placed (and removed) at the request of Teacher Education Services. Hold Prohibits: Registration Contact: Teacher Education Services, 757-683-3348.