• Lists students on active post-completion OPT or STEM OPT with at least one day of unemployment.
• Shows if the student is employed, as of the date and time the list was generated.
• DSOs should closely monitor this list to follow up with students with high levels of unemployment and to remind students to keep employment information up to date, either by self-reporting employer information in the SEVP Portal or asking the DSO to enter their changes in SEVIS.

• This alert lists the students scheduled to begin a new term or session. The DSO must verify their continued enrollment at the school. Records are included in the list if:
  • The status of the record in SEVIS is Active
  • The Next Session Start Date (entered by the DSO during the last registration event) is in the past
• DSOs must take one of the following actions or SEVIS will terminate the student records for “Failure to Enroll:”
• Register the record if the student is properly enrolled or has an authorized reduced course load 
• Terminate the record

•  This alert lists the students in Active status who meet these three criteria:
  • SEVIS records have not been updated in six months.
  • Program end date is today or in the future. 
  • Current session end date is within six months of today.
• Students will remain in this list until one of these events occurs:
  • Program end date passes
  • Change is made to their record  
  • A DSO verifies the student’s status using the Verify Status link on the Student Information page. 

Note: The Verify Status link appears on Active records in the Student Information page that have not been updated in six months, regardless of program end date. Therefore, students on post-completion or STEM OPT may have a Verify Status link but will not appear on the Active Students Requiring Status Verification alert list. 

• This alert lists the F-2 or M-2 children who will no longer be eligible for F-2 or M-2 status because they will turn 21 years old within 90 days. SEVIS will terminate their record the day after their 21st birthday. 

• This alert lists records in Draft status that have not been touched in 15 days. SEVIS will delete these records if they remain untouched for 45 days.

• This alert lists students whose optional practical training ends within 30 days. For students on F-1 post-completion OPT or STEM OPT, and students on M-1 practical training, this alert also serves as notice to DSOs. SEVIS will complete records:
  • 30 days after practical training ends for M-1 students
  • 60 days after OPT ends for F-1 students

• This alert lists the PDSOs and DSOs who have not logged into SEVIS for 30 days. SEVIS will inactivate a user ID if the official does not log into SEVIS for 45 days. 

• This alert lists students for whom the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service has made a decision on an application filed with them:
  • OPT
  • Off-Campus Employment
  • M-1 Transfer
  • M-1 Extension 
  • Change of Status requests. 
• SEVIS includes the record on the list for 30 days after the Service Center decision date. 

• This alert lists students who have entered the United States and who have not yet been registered in SEVIS by a DSO. SEVIS will terminate these records for failure to register (No Show) if the DSO does not take one of the following actions:
  • Register the record if the student is properly enrolled or has an authorized reduced course load

• Lists students in Initial status who are past their Program Start Date and have one of the following:
  • Pending change of status request.
  • Issue reason of “Initial Attendance - Change of Status Requested” and no CLAIMS change of status request.
• SEVIS will cancel the record 60 days after the Program Start Date, if the DSO does not:
  • Register the record, if the student is properly enrolled or has an authorized reduced course load 
  • Defer the program, because the change of status has not yet been approved. 

• Lists students on active STEM OPT whose DSOs have not yet reported in SEVIS receipt of the student’s 6 and 18 month validation reports. 
• Student on active STEM OPT must report participation in the OPT every six months from the employment start date. 
• SEVIS automatically terminates the record with the reason of “Failure to Report While on OPT,” if the DSO does not validate the record.

• Lists students with recommended, pending, or active STEM OPT whose records lack an uploaded Form I 983 after:
  • STEM OPT has been recommended.
  • STEM OPT employer is added to the record.
  • 12-month self-evaluation is recorded in SEVIS.
  • 24-month or final evaluation is recorded in SEVIS.
• Students are removed from this list after all necessary Forms I 983 are uploaded.

Note: A student may be listed on this alert several times, if the student has more than one STEM OPT employer and/or if there is more than one event that may require the upload of a Form I 983 for a specific employer.

Note for users of batch processing systems: If a batch upload to SEVIS contains any of the actions listed above, SEVIS must process the batch before the student will appear on the alert list.

• Lists students on active STEM OPT without Employer Information whose DSOs have not yet reported in SEVIS receipt of the student’s 6 and 18 month validation report.
• Student on active STEM OPT without Employer Information must report participation in the OPT every six months from the employment start date.
• SEVIS automatically terminates the record with the reason of “Failure to Report While on OPT,” if the DSO does not validate the record.

• Lists students for whom USCIS has formally changed their nonimmigrant status out of F or M to another immigration classification. 
• SEVIS terminates these students for “Change of Status Approved.” 
• SEVIS includes the record on the list for 30 days after the Service Center decision date.

• Lists students for whom USCIS has Denied a change of status to F or M status from another immigration classification. 
• SEVIS terminates these students for “Change of Status Denied.” 
• SEVIS includes the record on the list for 30 days after the Service Center decision date.

• Lists students for whom USCIS has a pending application to change formally their nonimmigrant status from another nonimmigrant status to F or M classification. 
• DSOs should closely monitor this list and defer the program start dates of any student who may not receive a decision before their Program Start Date.

• Lists students who have an application pending with USCIS for more than 90 days. 

• Lists records in Initial status that SEVIS will cancel within the next 45 days, if an action is not taken on their record.

• Lists students whose program of study ends within 45 days. 
• SEVIS will complete these records after the Program End Date unless a DSO takes action on them. SEVIS completes:
  • M-1 students 30 days after the Program End Date.
  • F-1 students 60 days after the Program End Date.
• See these SEVIS Help Hub sections and articles for possible next steps:

  • Manage Program Dates, Registration and course Load

  • F/M Student Employment

    • F-1 Optional Practical Training

    • M-1 Practical Training

  • Initiate Transfer of F-1 SEVIS record

  • Change Education Level

• Lists students who will be terminated by SEVIS within the next 45 days, if an action is not taken on their record.

• Lists students in active status with current, authorized off campus employment that will end within 60 days.

• Lists students with an:
  • Unvalidated address.
  • Address that is only city/state/zip code validated.
• DSOs are not expected to correct addresses that SEVIS failed to validate.

• Lists records terminated between 90 to 150 days ago. 
• Student may apply for reinstatement at any point, but after 150 days, the student must:
  • Overcome a presumed ineligibility.
  • Explain why the reinstatement request was not filed in a timely manner.

• Lists students whose:
  • Transfer-in COE has been created.
  • Program Start Date is in the past.
  • Registration at the school has not been submitted.
• SEVIS will terminate these records as “Transfer Student No Show,” if the DSO takes no action.

• Lists all students for the selected school, regardless of their status.

Draft Students

• Lists all student records that have been saved, but not submitted. 
• Lists includes transfer-in records that have not had an initial Form I-20 submitted.
• PDSO or DSO may review, edit, and submit the records to SEVIS. 

• Lists all students whose status in SEVIS is Initial. 
• Student’s record has been created, but the DSO has not yet registered the student in SEVIS.

• Lists all students whose status in SEVIS is Active. 
• Student has registered and is enrolled in class, or is on active post-completion OPT.
• Student is considered to be “in status.”

• Lists all students whose record was terminated by a DHS official or a DSO for a specified cause, other than completion of his/her academic program. For example, the student died or was expelled.

• Lists all students who have completed their course of study and any approved OPT and will not continue studies at another school.

• Lists all records in Initial status who:
  • Lack port of entry information on their records.
  • Are at least 60 days past the Program Start Date.
  • Have not been registered by a DSO. 
  • Have been canceled by SEVIS or by a DSO

• Lists students in Active status who also have on their record a request for off-campus employment in Requested, Pending, or Approved status. 
• Students remain on this list from the time that the off-campus employment is requested until the end date of the employment, if approved.

• Students in Active status who also have on their record an OPT request in Requested, Pending, or Approved status. 
• Students will remain on this list from the time that the OPT is requested until the end date of the employment, if approved.

• Lists students in Active status who also have on their record a request for curricular practical training (CPT). 
• Students will remain on this list from the time that the CPT is requested until the end date of the employment.

• Lists students who are requesting a change of status through the Service Center.

• Lists Active M-1 students who have a Requested or Pending extension request.

• Lists Active students who are currently approved to drop below a full course of study.

• Lists SEVIS records transferred to your school by another school.

• Lists students whose SEVIS records have been or will be sent to another school. 

• Lists students who have requested reinstatement at the school, and whose reinstatement requests are pending.

Note: The PDSO or DSO that submitted the reinstatement request will receive email notification of the reinstatement adjudication results.

• Lists students who have a data correction request that has not yet been adjudicated by DHS.

• Lists students who have a filed or waitlisted Cap-Gap Extension.