School official instructions for SEVIS functionality and information are located on the SEVIS Help Hub. Click on the topic heading to follow the hyperlink to the Help Hub for detailed assistance.

Get started with SEVIS Basics.

System Access and Security

• Terms and Conditions of Accessing SEVIS
  • Purpose of SEVIS
  • Privacy Act Considerations
  • Security Reminder
• SEVIS Passwords
• Log in and Out of SEVIS

System Data Entry Standards

• Names
  • Name Standards
  • Name Fields Job Aid
• Address Standards
• Email Standards
• Error Messages

Key SEVIS Pages

• Elements of SEVIS Pages
• SEVIS Listing of Schools
• Student Information Page
• Nonimmigrant Search
• Alerts and Lists
• SEVIS Downloads
  • Student Report for School Officials
  • DSO Reports
• Mass Actions
  • Mass Registration
  • Mass Reprint
• Broadcast Messages

Get started with School Records.

School Certification

• Form I-17 - Initial Certification
• Update School Information
  • Form I-17 Petition Update – Overview
  • Form I-17 Petition Update – Contact Information
  • Form I-17 Petition Update – Programs of Study
    • Form I-17 Petition Update – Add-Remove Program Degrees
    • Form I-17 Listing of Available Degrees 
  • Form I-17 Petition Update – Accreditations and Recognitions
  • Form I-17 Petition Update – School Calendar, Cost, and Demographics
  • Form I-17 Petition Update – Instructional Sites
  • Form I-17 Petition Update – Manage School Officials
  • Form I-17 Petition Update – Submit
• Form I-17 – Recertification
  • Recertification Process
  • Next Steps
• Form I-17 – Upload Evidence
  • Upload Evidence: SEVP Initial Certification
  • Upload Evidence: Form I-17 Petition Updates
  • Upload Evidence: SEVP Recertification
  • Upload Evidence: Requests for Evidence
  • Upload Errors
• Form I-17 – Pay Fees
• Form I-17 – View and Print

Filing an Appeal or Motion-Pay Fees

School History

• View School History
• Event History Functionality

PDSO/DSO Annual Verification

Reports

• Student Report for School Officials
• DSO Reports

Get started with Student Records.

F/M SEVIS Status

• F-1 Cap Gap Extension
• F/M SEVIS Statuses Job Aid

Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP)

Certificates of Eligibility

• Create Initial Certificate of Eligibility (COE) (Form I-20)
• Reinstatement Print COE (Form I-20)
• Change Education Level
• SEVIS Remarks about the Student
• Reprint Form I-20
• Mass Reprint

Manage Program Dates, Registration and Course Load

• Manage Initial Program and Session Dates
• Registration
• Mass Registration
• Understanding SEVIS Program and Session Dates
• Cancel SEVIS Record in Initial Status
• Reduced Course Load (RCL)
• Extending the F-1 Student Form I-20
• Extending the M-1 Student Form I-20
• Shorten Program

Completions and Terminations

• Complete Program
• Terminate Student
• Termination Reasons

Update Student SEVIS Records

• Personal Information
• Program Information
• Travel, Passport, and Visa Information
• Financial Information
• Report School Disciplinary Action as Result of Student Crime
• Student Event History

Dependents

• Managing Dependents Overview
• View Dependent
• Add Dependent
• Update Dependent
• Terminate or Reactivate a Dependent Record
• Print Dependent’s Form I-20

F/M Student Employment

• Student Employment Overview
• F-1 Off-Campus Employment and International Organization Internship
• F-1 Curricular Practical Training (CPT)
• F-1 Optional Practical Training (OPT)
• F-1 Cap Gap Extension
• F-1 STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) Extension
• F-1 Add, Edit, Delete Optional Practical Training (OPT) Employer
• M-1 Practical Training
• View Employment Information
• Unemployment Counter
• SEVIS and the SEVP Portal

Transfers

• F-1 Students
  • Manage Transfer of F-1 SEVIS Record
  • Initiate Transfer of F-1 SEVIS Record
  • Complete Transfer of F-1 SEVIS Record
• M-1 Students
  • Manage Transfer of M-1 SEVIS Record
  • Initiate Transfer of M-1 SEVIS Record
  • Complete Transfer of M-1 SEVIS Record
• Initiate Transfer for Students in Initial Status

Corrections and Correction Requests

• Correction Requests Overview
• Corrections by PDSO or DSO
  • PDSO Record Correction
  • Change a Completed or Cancelled Record to Terminated
• Correction Requests (CR)
  • Correct Program Dates
  • Correct Student SEVIS Status
  • Correct Termination Reason
  • Correct SEVIS Status of USCIS Request
  • Upload Evidence for Correction Requests