On Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) will deploy Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) Release 6.28.

SEVIS will be unavailable on Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, from 8 to 11:59 p.m. EDT. During that time, SEVIS is unavailable for batch uploads.

Therefore, schools using third-party software to push data to SEVIS must plan their batch uploads carefully.

Please note that registration events submitted via batch will fail until the school is able to update their batch software to reflect the changes in this release. Additionally, Current Session Start Date is a required element for registration following the Aug. 12, 2016 release.

Review the SEVIS Release 6.28 Planning Guide on the SEVIS Help Hub for more information about the functionality included in this release and plan to tune in the following week for a post-release webinar scheduled for Friday, Aug. 19, 2016.