SEVIS Release 6.49 Planning Guide

Last updated: April 7, 2020

Functionality	Affects F/M SEVIS	Affects J SEVIS	Affects Batch
DSOs may upload the Form I 983 in SEVIS when recommending initial STEM OPT, adding a STEM employer, and at the 12 and 24 month self-evaluation reporting periods.	Yes	No	Yes, but no schema change*
Alert list for students needing I-983 upload.	Yes	No	No
Temporary SEVIS users and PDSOs will see an error message when adding a new school official to the Form I 17, who may have an existing active SEVIS account.	Yes	No	No
Temporary SEVIS users, ROs, and AROs will see an error message when adding a new sponsor official to the Form DS 3036, who may have an existing active SEVIS account.	No	Yes	No

* Batch users recommending STEM OPT extensions or completing STEM reporting must log in to SEVIS to upload the Form I-983.

Outage Begins	Outage Scheduled to End
Sunday, November 17, 2019 at 8:00 PM (ET)	Sunday, November 17, 2019 at 11:59 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
Sunday, November 17, 2019 at 8:00 PM (ET) to 11:59 PM (ET)	SEVIS is unavailable for batch uploads.

No warnings issued at this time.

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