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Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) Fee Increases

September 24, 2008

Congress mandated a fee-based system to better keep track of international students and exchange visitors in the United States. To accomplish this task, the Department of Homeland Security established the Student Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) under U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Student Exchange and Visitor Information System (SEVIS) is the database that allows SEVP to track international students, exchange visitors and their dependents to ensure that they are in the United States for the purposes they stated. SEVIS currently monitors more than one million records of international students, exchange visitors and their dependents.

Following months of study and consultation with stakeholders in the educational community, SEVP is implementing program changes needed to further improve the important task of welcoming international students and exchange visitors while protecting national security. These changes include fee increases that will dramatically improve the administration of the program. The fee increase is the first of its kind in five years and will affect foreign students, exchange visitors and the schools that host them.

The new funding will create a new database that will improve interactive features for school administrators and dramatically reduce user errors. SEVP will begin school recertifications to help verify and further educate school administrators on program requirements. The fee increases will allow the program to hire more regional field liaisons to provide day-to-day advice and assistance to schools in support of their programs. Additional field agent positions will also be added to investigate threats to the system. Schools currently participating in SEVP will not be required to pay additional fees to recertify under this new fee structure.

Fee changes Previous Fee New Fee
Nonimmigrant students $100 $200
Most exchange visitors $100 $180
Au Pair, Camp Counselors, Summer Work/Travel Program $35 $35
Government sponsored exchange visitors $0 $0
School Certification $230 $1,700
School site visit $350 $655
Recertification of SEVP certified schools $0 $0
Petitions for change in ownership of certified SEVP schools $230 $1,700
Additional campus site visit $350 $655

 

 
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