Principal designated school officials (PDSOs) have until March 2, 2017, to complete their annual Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) verification. To comply, PDSOs must verify that all system users associated with their school:

• Are employed by the school as a PDSO or designated school official (DSO).
• Continue to require access to SEVIS.

The SEVIS Help Hub’s PDSO/DSO Annual Verification User Guide and Demonstration: Annual Verification provide detailed instructions on how to fulfill this requirement. Failure to comply by March 2 will result in all unverified DSOs losing SEVIS access on March 3.

If a school does not have a PDSO, or if the PDSO is not available during the verification period, please begin the process of selecting another individual to act as PDSO. Please refer to the DSO Process Fact Sheet for more information about how to select a new PDSO.

As a federal database, SEVIS is subject to the Federal Information Security Management Act. This act requires all federal systems go through an annual verification process that ensures all users who access a federal system have both the business need and the authorization to access the system.

Do you have questions about the SEVIS annual verification process? Email them to sevp@ice.dhs.gov.