SEVP Form Series: Understanding the Form I-20
July 22, 2025
The Form I-20, “Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant Student Status,” is a critical document for both nonimmigrant students who obtain an F or…
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Starting today, June 12, 2015, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) changed the time frame for when it accepts a designated school official’s (DSO) “Requests for Correction to Student Status.” Now, DSOs can submit a request to change an F-1 student’s Student…
School officials – join the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) and the U.S. Department of State’s Exchange Visitor Program for a final pre-release discussion about the changes happening in the upcoming Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) Release 6.21—…
This June, there will be an important update made to the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS). As a result, SEVIS will be unavailable beginning 8 p.m. EDT on Friday, June 26 through 8 p.m. EDT on Sunday, June 28. It is important that designated school officials (DSOs)…
The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) recently presented at the NAFSA Annual Conference and Expo. If you were unable to attend, be sure to watch SEVP’s updated Spring/Summer 2015 Conference Presentation. The presentation now includes: The effects of recent regulatory…