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October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month and an important reminder to protect yourself in your online activities. As an F or M student, you will use the Internet for a variety of activities including paying your I-901 Student and Exchange Visitor Information System fee, e-mailing your…

The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) invites public comment on draft policy guidance on three issues:Annual Vacation—offers an interpretation of 8 CFR 214.2(f)(5)(iii) for F-1 students, defining vacation and when and under what conditions an F-1 student may have an annual vacation.…

Only schools that are certified by the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) are authorized to accept F and M students. Other than English as a second language (ESL) schools, SEVP does not require a school to be accredited before it can be SEVP-certified. However, evidentiary requirements to…

On October 1, 2013, the cap gap extension will expire. The cap refers to the number of individuals to whom U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services can grant H-1B status every fiscal year.An F-1 student may apply to change nonimmigrant classification from F-1 to H-1B temporary employment…