Transcript HOLOMUA E KA SEVIS II (Forward with SEVIS II)

HPU’s Preparation Strategies
Karen Michael Mikel
Ju Hua Wei
•WHY SEVIS II
•WHAT IS NEW
1. New Concepts
2. For Student & Exchange Visitor (EV)
3. For Account User
•IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE
•RESOURCES
•HOW YOU CAN PREPARE
•SEVP Reasons*** :
1. Paperless
2. Direct Access to SEVIS II
3. One Record for One Person
4. Admissibility Indicators
5. Employment Eligibility Indicators
***Source: ice.gov/sevis/sevisii/overview
•SEVIS Limited Reporting Capabilities
•SEVIS is Costly
•Data Integrity
•The IIN (Immigration Identification #)
•Paperless
•Electronic Signatures
•The E-20 and E-2019
•‘Domestic’ I-20
•The E-17 & E-3036
•Student & EV Enter Own Biographic Data
•Admissibility & Employment Indicators
•Enters Own Biographical Info
•Update Own Address
•Can Email DSO/RO via SEVIS II
•Will Receive Same Alert as P/DSOs/ROs
•Can View Own Status, Admissibility &
School/Program Information
•Anyone who Uses SEVIS II Needs an Account
- Students, DSOs, University Presidents, USCIS
Officials
•One person one record (no multiple record)
-Same Account for P/DSOs/ROs to Manage F & J
Programs
•Data from old SEVIS integrated with SEVIS II
Regulatory Changes (Summer to Fall 2009)
Revise Regs - Comment Period - Final Rule
SEVIS II Specification Released (Dec 2009)
We know what SEVIS II will do - Batch Schema released
SEVIS II, Phase 1 (March 2010?)
Keep working in SEVIS I- Account Set Up – Validate I-17 & DS
3036 - SEVP Continues Migration
SEVIS II Phase 2 (Sept 2010?)
Go Live!!! - Overlap of SEVIS I & SEVIS II – Batch Enabled
NAFSA Posting
SEVP Notification
Attend sessions/webinar by
NAFSA/SEVP/IETS
Join SEVP SEVIS list
Join SEVP Yahoo Groups
1.SEVIS II
2.SEVIS II Batch
1. U.S. ICE website concerning SEVIS II
2. Overview of SEVIS II
3. SEVIS II Requirements Feedback –
Yahoo User Groups
4. NAFSA
5. Local Committee on Immigration Policy
and Practice (CIPP)
(See handout)
•Revise /Correct Data Entry at Your School
•Data Clean Up
•Review What Is Currently On Your I-17 / DS- 3036
- SEVIS II Implementation Checklist
-Available on NAFSA Website:
http://www.nafsa.org/resourcelibrary/Default.aspx?id=9371
•CIP Codes Updates
- CIP:Classification of Instructional Program
- New Program Added Since Last Certification?
•Identify departments affected by SEVIS II
•Create SEVIS II Coordination Group
-ISS, Registrar, Admission, Career Services,
IT, Software Vendors
-ISS Lead Data Clean Up in SEVIS
-Hold Regular Meeting
1. Higher Level Administration- Do You Have
2.
3.
4.
5.
Enough Resources?
Admission Office -Change Admission Process?
IIN #? Update Your Application Forms?
IT Office- Batch Process? Software Vendor
Update?
Partner Schools/ Sister Universities/Agents
Current Students- SEVIS II
Website, Publications, Handbook, Social
Network
SEVIS NOTICE – April 6, 2010
Number: 1003-02
Sevis, SysAdmin [[email protected]]
SEVIS II will NOT be Deployed This Year