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Scheduled Release Date: Friday, March 15, 2024 

Scheduled Release Date: Friday, August 25, 2023 

The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) Portal is an important tool that lets international students on post-completion optional practical training (OPT) and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) OPT meet their legal reporting requirements. The portal shares information with the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), but does not give students direct access to SEVIS. The portal does not remove the need for a student to work with a designated school official (DSO) at the student’s school.

The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) Portal recently upgraded to Release 1.10, which changes how long students can access the SEVP Portal after their optional practical training (OPT) authorization ends. You will now only be able to access your SEVP Portal account for six months after the end of your OPT authorization.

The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) is hosting a webinar in September! The webinar, SEVP Ask the Experts Webinar: SEVP Portal Follow-up, will take place from 2 to 3:30 pm EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 25. 

If you are looking for help navigating the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) Portal, check out these resources!An Introduction to the SEVP PortalThis downloadable Introduction to the SEVP Portal overviews how the portal works and who can use it.Top Questions about the SEVP Portal

The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) recently upgraded the SEVP Portal to Release 1.6. This latest release includes new email notifications for students who currently use the portal.As a result of Release 1.6, you will now receive emails from the portal reminding you of important deadlines and changes to your Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) record.   When your email address changes in SEVIS, the portal will send a confirmation email to your old email address and new email address.

The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) recently upgraded the SEVP Portal to Release 1.5. This latest release includes changes for students who currently use the portal and information that designated school officials (DSOs) will want to communicate to portal users.What students should know

Since the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) launched the SEVP Portal on March 23, SEVP has collected the most common questions about the portal from its stakeholders.The following questions are among the top questions from designated school officials (DSOs) about the SEVP Portal.Can I be held accountable for fraudulent information entered by a student into the SEVP Portal?