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SEVIS Release 6.51 Planning Guide

SEVIS Release 6.51 Planning Guide

Last updated: June 19, 2020

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Scheduled Release Date: February 28, 2020
Functionality in the Release
Release Resources
System Unavailability
Batch Users

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Functionality	Affects F/M SEVIS	Affects J SEVIS	Affects Batch
New email and address fields for F, M, and J nonimmigrant dependents.	Yes	Yes	Yes
New option of “Other” for gender field.	Yes	Yes	Yes
Increased character limits for Surname, Preferred Name and City of Birth fields.	Yes	Yes	Yes
New nonimmigrant search fields, Education Level and Major.	Yes	No	No
All nonimmigrant search results will be exportable.	Yes	Yes	No
New City of Birth field for F and M nonimmigrants.	Yes	No	Yes
Updated look and feel for the Exchange Visitor Information page.	No	Yes	No
New exchange visitor identification number (EV ID) and EV Remarks.	No	Yes	Yes
New foreign telephone number for J-1 exchange visitors.	No	Yes	Yes
During Amend, update the Program Begin Date to an earlier date.	No	Yes	Yes
Create a COE for up to 12 months, if the exchange visitor is part of the Australia/New Zealand Summer Work Travel pilot program.	No	Yes	Yes
Restrict position and subject/field codes for secondary school students.	No	Yes	Yes
Prohibit dependents for Au Pairs, Secondary School Students and Summer Work Travel participants.	No	Yes	Yes

SEVIS Release 6.51 Planning Guide
The following resources will be updated with changes after the release:
- Name Standards
- Create Initial COE (Form I-20)
- Personal Information
- Student Information
- View Dependent
- Add Dependent
- Update Dependent
- Complete Transfer of F-1 SEVIS Record
- Complete Transfer of M-1 SEVIS Record
- Sample Form I-20
- Nonimmigrant Search

Outage Begins	Outage Scheduled to End
Friday, February 28, 2020 at 8:00 PM (ET)	Saturday, February 29 at 8:00 PM (ET)

Currently, SEVP expects the outage to last 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, February 28, 2020 at 8:00 PM (ET) to Saturday, February 29 at 8:00 PM (ET)	SEVIS is unavailable for batch uploads.

No warnings issued at this time.

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See the SEVIS Help Icons on the SEVIS Help Hub for a quick-reference of the icons used in this user guide.

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