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SEVIS Release 6.82.1 Planning Guide

Last updated: May 8, 2025

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Scheduled Release Date: Friday, May 16, 2025

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In accordance with Executive Order 14168, Defending Women from Gender Ideology, Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government: 

Functionality 

Affects 

F/M SEVIS 

Affects 

J SEVIS 

Affects 

Batch 

All SEVIS data fields labeled Gender will be changed to Sex. 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

The ‘Other’ option will no longer be available for the Sex data field when creating or updating an Initial F/M student, Exchange Visitor (EV), and dependent SEVIS record. If an EV’s Sex is ‘Other,’ it must be changed if changes are made on the Biographical Information page.

Yes

Yes 

No 

Outage BeginsOutage Scheduled to End
Friday, May 16, 2025, at 8 PM (EDT)Saturday, May 17, 2025, at 12 AM (EDT)

 

SEVIS Release 6.82.1 only affects the SEVIS real-time interface (RTI). SEVP will release these functionalities for SEVIS Batch at a later date. Until the SEVIS Batch Release, SEVIS users should only use the Male and Female sex options when Batching after Release 6.82.1 is deployed. 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, May 16, 2025, at 8 PM (EDT) to Saturday, May 17, 2025, at 12 AM (EDT)

SEVIS is unavailable for batch uploads.

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Try the Facebook Chatbot

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Learn About Summer Employment

While employed this summer, make sure you have all the relevant information on maintaining your student status, and the steps you must take before returning to school. 

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703-603-3400

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