Alert: Student Visa Crackdown: Form I-551A non compliance
Beginning April 1, 2016, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) will send “Intent to Terminate” notices to nonimmigrant students (F-1/M-1), exchange visitors (J-1) and dependents (F-2/M-2/J-2) who failed to comply with the Form I-515A, “Notice to Student or Exchange Visitor,” directive by the specified deadline. Recipients of the “Intent to Terminate” notices will have 14 days, as of the date the notice is sent, to respond to the Form I-515A. Failure to comply will result in the termination of the their SEVIS record. For more information, download the Form I-515A Noncompliance Termination Procedure and visit Study in the States.