Visas, Travel, Entry

March 29, 2002 INS field memo on new restrictions to automatic revalidation of visa benefit.

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.

DOS Cable on Automatic Revalidation of Visa Rule ChangeDepartment of State field guidance to consular officers on the regulatory change that limits eligibility for the "automatic revalidation of visa" benefit. Those changes became effective April 1, 2002.

This 2005 DOS cable discusses the most common “hits” that occur in CLASS namechecks.

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

June 7, 2007 DOS cable guidance subsquently updated by 9 FAM, on how consular officers should handle cases where an applicant's record shows an arrest or conviction for drunk driving or other alcohol-related offense.

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

SEVIS Call Summary 2007 08 Topics covered in NAFSA's August 2007 SEVIS liaison call with DHS and DOS include I 17A Signature Entering I 94 Admissions Number in SEVIS Ability to Edit Initial DS 2019 Procedures for leave of absence