News: Student Visa, SEVIS and Predeparture Information
Visa Processing Time Information
Recent changes in U.S. laws governing visa policy and procedures have increased the amount of time it can take to obtain a visa. Apply early! Even with the visa processing improvements that have been made and will continue ...
Travel Fees
According to Travel House:
As of December 15, 2009, US carriers will start charging international passengers $50 for their second checked bag; Lufthansa and the other carriers will start doing this as of January ...
Student and Exchange Visitor Program has Moved!!!
The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) office has moved! Until direct mail service is established, SEVP recommends that all correspondence be mailed to the following mailing address: Student and Exchange Visitor Program, Attn: (Branch Name), Potomac Center North, 500 ...
Overview of SEVIS II
The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), a division of the ICE Office of Investigations, owns SEVIS II. SEVIS II supports the application and admission of foreign nationals who seek to come to the U.S. as students and exchange visitors ...
Introduction to SEVIS II
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is developing the Student & Exchange Visitor Information System II (SEVIS II) as a modernization effort to address limitations in the original SEVIS immigration benefits tracking tool. SEVIS II will be used to track ...
Biometric Visa Program Moves to Ten Fingerscans
The Department of State announced that it is transitioning to a ten fingerscan system for its Biometric Visa Program. Deployment of the ten fingerscan system began in April, 2007, and DOS hopes to complete deployment at all visa issuing consular ...
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