SEVIS Release 6.27 Planning Guide

Last updated: April 7, 2020

Functionality in the Release

Functionality	Affects F/M SEVIS	Affects J SEVIS	Affects Batch
Create Certificate of Eligibility for F/M student and spouse/dependent	Yes	No	Yes
Create Certificate of Eligibility for F-1 Change Educational Level	Yes	No	Yes
Create Certificate of Eligibility for F/M transfer-in student	Yes	No	Yes
Create Certificate of Eligibility for F/M Reinstatement	Yes	No	No
Initial F/M Registration	Yes	No	Yes
Continuing Registration	Yes	No	Yes
Mass Registration for continuing F/M students	Yes	No	No
Update F/M Personal Information	Yes	No	Yes
Update F/M Financial Information	Yes	No	Yes
Update F/M Program Information	Yes	No	Yes
Manage F/M Program Dates	Yes	No	Yes
Improved Alerts and Lists	Yes	Yes	No
Improvements to the Student Information Page	Yes	No	No
New Travel, Passport, Visa Information Page (F/M only)	Yes	No	No
Create Certificate of Eligibility for J exchange visitor and spouse/dependents	No	Yes	Yes
Update J Biographical Information	No	Yes	Yes
Update J Financial Information	No	Yes	Yes
Update J Contact and Program Information	No	Yes	Yes
Change for Secondary School Student category of exchange visitors	No	Yes	Yes

Demonstration: Create Initial Form I-20 (Resource outdated)
Student Information Page User Guide (Resource outdated)
Form I-20 Mass Reprint User Guide (Resource outdated)
Manage Initial Program and Session Dates User Guide (Resource outdated)
SEVIS Downloads User Guide (Resource outdated)
Update Program Information User Guide (Resource outdated)
Update Personal Information User Guide (Resource outdated)
Update Financial Information (Resource outdated)
Listing of Schools Job Aid (Resource outdated)
Registration User Guide (Resource outdated)
Mass Registration User Guide (Resource outdated)
Mass Actions User Guide (Resource outdated)
Alerts and Students Lists User Guide (Resource outdated)
Create Initial Certificate of Eligibility Form (I-20) User Guide (Resource outdated)
Reinstatement User Guide (Resource outdated)
Change Educational Level User Guide (Resource outdated)
Travel, Passport and Visa Information User Guide (Resource outdated)
Form I-20 "Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant Student Status" (Initial) (Resource outdated)
Form I-20 "Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant Student Status" (Active) (Resource outdated)

Note: These links have been disabled. You can find the most recent versions of these articles in the Manage Program Dates Registration and Course Load, Key SEVIS Pages, Update Student Records, and Certificates of Eligibility pages on the Help Hub.

Outage Begins	Outage Scheduled to End
Friday July 8, 2016 at 8:00 PM (ET)	Saturday July 9, 2016 at 8:00 PM (ET)

Currently, SEVP expects the outage to last twenty four hours (approximately).

Schools and sponsors that use third-party software to push data to SEVIS must plan their batch uploads carefully.

Critical Date/Time	What Happens
Friday July 8, 2016 at 8:00 PM (ET) to TBD (ET)	SEVIS is unavailable for batch uploads.

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