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School officials, please tune into the live Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) InFocus webinar on Thursday, April 21, 2016, from 1 to 2 p.m. EDT. This webinar was originally scheduled for Tuesday, April 12.The webinar is free and open to the public. SEVP representatives will cover the…

Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) Director Lou Farrell explains the optional practical training (OPT) extension for students with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) degrees in the latest edition of the SEVP Spotlight.In the article, Director Farrell discusses the…

Did you miss Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) Director Lou Farrell’s latest Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) broadcast message about how the program’s School Certification Unit continues to work toward reducing processing times on Form I-17, "…

On April 29, 2016, at 2 p.m. EDT the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) will host a webinar to discuss the May 13, 2016, Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) Release 6.26. This webinar is free and registration is now open.The webinar will focus on the SEVIS updates that…