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⇒ Student & Scholar Advising ⇒ Students ⇒ J-1 Students ⇒ SEVIS Fee Information

SEVIS Fee Information

SEVIS stands for Student and Exchange Visitor Information System.  This internet-based system has been created in order to maintain current information on non-immigrant students, exchange visitors, and their dependents.  SEVIS tracks J status holders from the time they receive their first DS-2019 until they complete their programs.  SEVIS links with colleges and universities, US embassies and consulates, US ports of entry, the Department of State, and exchange visitor programs.

All J-1 students have a SEVIS record with a SEVIS number.  The Office of International Services is responsible for updating the SEVIS records for those J-1 students whose DS-2019s were issued by Indiana University.  If your DS-2019 was issued by another program sponsor (IIE, AMIDEAST), that program sponsor is responsible for updating your information in SEVIS.  SEVIS keeps track of certain information about all students, and requires institutions (such as Indiana University) to report the following:

• Full-time enrollment
• Failure to enroll
• Dropping below a full-time course load without prior authorization from the Office of International Services
• Any other failure to maintain student status or complete program
• A change in legal name or address
• Student’s graduation prior to the expected program end date
• Start date of student’s next session
• Transfers
• Program extensions
• Off-campus employment authorization
• Any other major changes to a student’s program
• Failure to maintain health insurance pursuant to the federal requirements

To ensure that you maintain your lawful J-1 status in SEVIS, we offer you the following advice:

• Maintain full-time enrollment as a student
• Work only with authorization from the Office of International Services or your program sponsor (if not IU).
• Always update your local address with the Office of International Services (OIS) or with your program sponsor (if not IU) within 10 days of moving—each time a move occurs.

Please pay careful attention to your J-1 status and make every effort to maintain it.  If you ever have any questions about how to make sure that your SEVIS record is properly maintained, please contact the OIS by sending an email to intlserv@indiana.edu or calling 812-855-9086.