This is NAFSA's official comment letter to the INS May 16, 2002 proposed rule to implement SEVIS for F 1 and M 1 students.

INS issues rule on preliminary enrollment in SEVISOn July 1, 2002, INS published a notice in the Federal Register to allow schools that meet specific criteria to apply for voluntary "preliminary enrollment" to begin using the SEVIS Real Time Interactive

DOS issued a field cable explaining how SEVIS information is made available to consular posts. Consulates do not have "real-time" access to SEVIS, but rather access SEVIS information that is sent on a regular basis to the DOS Consolidated Consular Database (CCD) by DHS. The cable also describes the

Changes described in SEVIS 4.4 release notice, effective January 30,2003A SEVIS Release Notice describes the latest SEVIS software updates, labeled as SEVIS 4.4. The updates will be effective on January 30, 2003, and should appear as functionalities in SEVIS as

USCIS/ICE provided NAFSA with written responses (dated March 18, 2003) to questions collected at the ACE seminars held in January and Feburary, 2003

Summary of NAFSA DHS DOS liaison call on March 26, 2003Summary of NAFSA's March 26, 2003 liason call with DHS and DOS regarding SEVIS.

DOS rule updates regs to reference verification of SEVIS info in CCDA May 23, 2003 rule amended DOS regulations at 22 C.F.R. 41.61 and 41.62 by adding the requirement that consular officials verify the issuance of SEVIS generated Forms I

Summary of SEVIS update session at 2003 NAFSA Salt Lake City conference

Summary of June 18, June 25, July 2, and July 9, 2003 liaison calls with DHS and DOSThis summary of NAFSA's June 18, June 25, July 2, and July 9, 2003 liaison calls with DHS and DOS regarding SEVIS covers

Summary of July 16, 2003 SEVIS liaison call with DHS and DOSThis summary of NAFSA's July 16, 2003 liaison call with DHS and DOS regarding SEVIS. It covers the following topics 1. Entry Inspections Issues 2. Exchange Visitor Program annual