SEVIS Release 6.60 Planning Guide

Last updated: September 8, 2021

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Functionality in the Release
SEVIS Unavailability
Batch Users

Scheduled Release Date: Friday, September 17, 2021

Functionality	Affects F/M SEVIS	Affects J SEVIS	Affects Batch
If the I-901 fee has not been paid for an exchange visitor (EV) participating in a G‑4, G‑5, or G‑6 program, the responsible officer/alternate responsible officer (RO/ARO) cannot change the status to Active using any of the following actions: Validate – from Initial to Active Validate – from Transferred to Active Correct SEVIS Status Reinstatement – Update SEVIS Correct Minor or Technical Infraction Reinstatement	No	Yes	Yes
New flag on the Program Information page indicates whether the EV sponsor uses batch processing.	No	Yes	No

Functionality

Affects
F/M SEVIS

Affects
J SEVIS

Affects
Batch

If the I-901 fee has not been paid for an exchange visitor (EV) participating in a G‑4, G‑5, or G‑6 program, the responsible officer/alternate responsible officer (RO/ARO) cannot change the status to Active using any of the following actions:

Validate – from Initial to Active
Validate – from Transferred to Active
Correct SEVIS Status
Reinstatement – Update SEVIS
Correct Minor or Technical Infraction
Reinstatement

Yes

New flag on the Program Information page indicates whether the EV sponsor uses batch processing.

Yes

Outage Begins	Outage Scheduled to End
Friday, September 17, 2021 at 8:00 PM (ET)	Saturday, September 18, 2021 at 12:00 AM (ET)

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, September 17, 2021 at 8:00 PM (ET) to Saturday, September 18, 2021 AM (ET)	SEVIS is unavailable for batch uploads.

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