Note: Initially, the City of Birth requirement for students and dependents upon updating certain fields was going to be included in the SEVIS 6.55 Release; but this requirement has been postponed until a later date.

Although the City of Birth will not be required after SEVIS 6.55 Release, it will still be available as an optional field.

Yes

No

Yes

For all Initial and Active SEVIS records with a Program End Date after the release, SEVIS will replace any 2010 CIP codes with their direct, new 2020 CIP code matches.

Yes

Yes

Yes

New columns will appear in the Student Report for School Officials export file for:

• City of Birth
• Major 1 CIP 2020 Conversion (Y or N)
• Major 2 CIP 2020 Conversion (Y or N)
• Minor CIP 2020 Conversion (Y or N)

Yes

No

No

Exported files for Initial and Active Student lists will include CIP codes and descriptions for the fields:

• Major 1
• Major 2
• Minor

Yes

No

No

School and sponsor officials will be able to export up to 5000 records from Alerts, Student Lists, Exchange Visitor Lists and Search Results.

Yes

Yes

No

DSO Request Date for student employment will appear in a new column on the Employment Information page.

Yes

No

No

Sponsor officials will receive a weekly email, informing them that the status of at least one exchange visitor (EV) automatically changed No Show status in the past week.

No

Yes

No