SEVP resources for schools to assist in the one-time conversion of the school accreditation/recognition information on fields 10 and 11 of their electronic Form I-17. All SEVP-certified schools had to participate by updating their Form I-17 by July 18, 2014.

Air and sea ports of entry have transitioned to an electronic Form I-94 record that is "created during the inspection process at the time of admission or parole when the CBP Officer pulls information from the traveler's APIS (Advance Passenger Information System) record and any CCD (Consular

In a May 8, 2014 letter to exchange program sponsors, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Private Sector Exchange Robin Lerner provided a recap of new directions and focuses of the J-1 Exchange Visitor Program.

On September 8, 2014, NAFSA submitted comments on the Student and Exchange Visitor Program's (SEVP) Draft Guidance for Adjudicators 1402-07: The Form I-20 and the English Proficiency Field. The draft guidance is part of SEVP's multi-part development of guidance on the topic of conditional admission

NAFSA Retention Research

This liaison call conducted by NAFSA's ISS-RP Travel Subcommittee addressed a number of topics.

NAFSA submitted this comment letter to the U. S. Department of Labor's Standard Occupational Classification Policy Committee, recommending the following improvements to the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) manual that is used in the prevailing wage determination process.

U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Texas Service Center conducted an open house stakeholder event on April 15, 2014. These notes were taken at the event by a member of NAFSA’s ISS-RP Regulatory Ombuds Subcommittee.

A Department of State (DOS) interim final rule effective September 12, 2014 will reduce the fees for several DOS applications encountered at institutions of higher education.

This SEVP Broadcast Message informs SEVIS users of SEVP's initiative to review STEM OPT data in SEVIS, which might result in "Remedial Action Plans" (RAPs) being sent to schools.