Slideshow prepared by the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) to accompany its webinar "Recertification: A Dialogue from an Institutional Perspective."

SEVP Broadcast Message 1107-01: Libyan F-1 ESL Students and Special Student Relief In a September 14, 2011 Broadcast Message, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) describes the conditions for reduced course load authorizations for Libyan F-1 ESL students who have been granted Special

USCIS advises adjudicators to adjudicate applications for change to or extension of B-2 status consistently with DOS policy allowing B-2 visas for cohabitating nonimmigrant partners and other household members of principal nonimmigrants when the household member cannot obtain derivative status as a

This USCIS final rule, effective November 28, 2011, sets out to make USCIS regulations more compatible with electronic filing processes planned under the USCIS Transformation program.

This Broadcast Message from the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) to SEVIS users explains procedures for the new adjudicable fields in SEVIS 6.8, implemented on June 24, 2011.

SEVP guidance clarifies that F-1 Libyan students who attend English as a Second Language (ESL) programs are eligible for special student relief.

A primer on essential concepts of special student relief, extracted from the NAFSA Adviser's Manual.

SEVP used this slide show at the 2011 NAFSA Conference and Expo in Vancouver, Canada, to present on the topic of school recertification.

A SEVIS Release 6.8 Anticipated System Changes notice describes the changes to SEVIS batch and RTI that are expected with SEVIS Release 6.8, scheduled for implementation on June 17, 2011.