National Preparedness Month 2025: A Guide for Students and DSOs
September 12, 2025
September is National Preparedness Month, an annual initiative led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)’s Ready Campaign. This year’s…
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M-1 international students at Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP)-certified schools must follow specific rules to maintain their student status while they study in the United States.Whether you are an M-1 student nearing your program end date or you are a designated school official (DSO)…
The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) invites designated school officials to submit questions about the SEVP Response Center (SRC) to SEVPOutreach@ice.dhs.gov by Feb. 14, 2018.SEVP representatives will answer these pre-submitted questions during the SEVP Ask the Experts Webinar: Get to…
The deadline for principal designated school officials (PDSOs) to complete their annual Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) verification is one month from today, on March 2, 2018. As of Jan. 31, 2018, 76 percent of schools have completed the process. If PDSOs do not…
Did you know that many Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) field representatives were formerly designated school officials (DSOs)? This background provides SEVP field representatives with a unique understanding of DSOs’ needs and the challenges that DSOs face.SEVP field…