Category: SEVIS

The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) office has moved. Until direct mail service is established, SEVP recommends that all correspondence be mailed to: Student and Exchange Visitor Program, Attn: (Branch Name), Potomac Center North, 500 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024. The new main telephone number is (703) 603-3400. E-mail addresses have not changed,… Read More

The Department of Homeland Security has published final rules exempting certain systems from some provisions of the Privacy Act because of “criminal, civil, and administrative enforcement requirements.” The systems include the General Counsel Electronic Management System (GEMS, PDF). The DHS noted that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attorneys work closely with investigators throughout the process… Read More

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement published a final rule effective October 27, 2008, that increases the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) school certification petition fees and the application fees for nonimmigrants seeking to become academic (F visa) or vocational (M visa) students, or exchange visitors (J visa).