SEVIS Release 6.36 Planning Guide

Last updated: March 10, 2020

Quick Links:

Functionality in the Release
System Unavailability
Batch Users

Scheduled Release Date: 11/19/2017

Functionality	Affects F/M SEVIS	Affects J SEVIS	Affects Batch
Fix to student financial information, regarding batch change of education level.	Yes	No	Yes
Updated annual report.	No	Yes	No
Alert list for Active students requiring STEM OPT reporting includes all OPT periods.	Yes	No	No
Extend OPT link available for all levels to accommodate past STEM degrees.	Yes	No	No
Fix numbering errors on printed Form I-17.	Yes	No	No
Student email address column added to Students with Requested, Pending and Approved Optional Practical Training list.	Yes	No	No
Fix to duplicate record creation when user double-clicks for student transfer.	Yes	No	No
Adding alerts at 18 and 24 months for Active Students Requiring STEM OPT Reporting.	Yes	No	No
Fix so that the certification expiration date (CED) for schools is correct.	Yes	No	No
Ability to see error messages from SEVP Portal in student Event History.	Yes	No	No
SEVIS on-screen new help text: Authorize To Drop Below Full Course page updated date entry instructions. Form I-17, field 4.1 explains what “school’s sessions are based on” means. Form I-17, field 4.3 explains what “sessions are held” means.	Yes	No	No

Outage Begins	Outage Scheduled to End
Sunday, November 19 @ 12:01 AM	Sunday, November 19 @ 6:01 AM

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

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

The update to the system does not involve a change to the batch schema. Schools that cannot deploy their batch vendor’s updates to their batch software by the release date will still be able to submit registration events via batch.

Critical Date/Time	What Happens
Sunday, November 19 12:01AM-6:01AM	SEVIS is unavailable for batch uploads.

No warnings issued at this time.

SEVIS Help Hub