International Students and Schools

October 21, 2003 SEVP F and M Registration Follow Up

USCIS Consolidated Guidance On Unlawful Presence. Neufeld, D. May 6, 2009 memorandum.

SEVP confirms students and exchange visitors are in status while I 515 or I 515A pending.

DOS guidance on use of F 1 for attending public schools and adult ed programs.

February 9, 2006 DOS cable instructs consular posts that persons applying for initial-entry F-1, F-2, M-1, and M-2 visas may be issued these visas up to 120 days before the program start date as listed on their I-20s. However, new F and M students can still not be admitted to the United States

On May 16, 2002 INS published its long anticipated proposed SEVIS regulations.

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.

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

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