[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR62.77]

[Page 319]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 62_EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart F_Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS)
 
Sec. 62.77  Reinstatement.

    (a) Reinstatements will continue to be handled in accordance with 
the procedures established in Sec. 62.45. A SEVIS reinstatement is 
processed as follows:
    (1) The responsible officer must submit an electronic request for 
reinstatement to the Department through SEVIS.
    (2) The responsible officer must print a copy of the reinstatement 
request (draft copy of the Form DS-2019) from the SEVIS system.
    (3) The responsible officer must submit the official request along 
with the required supporting documentation justifying the reinstatement 
and the required, non-reimbursable fee (refer to Sec. 62.90-Fee) to the 
Department within 30 calendar days of the SEVIS submission date.
    (4) The Department will review the request. If approved, the 
Department will enter the approval in SEVIS, thereby opening the file so 
that the responsible officer may print a Form DS-2019. How is the 
sponsor going to know they received an answer to their request? The 
Department's approval is required before a Form DS-2019 can be printed. 
What happens if the request is denied?
    (b) An exchange visitor (and the accompanying spouse and any 
dependent children) who failed to submit a change of current U.S. 
address as required under Sec. 62.63 is in violation of the Exchange 
Visitor Program regulations and is not eligible for reinstatement. The 
Department will deny any such application for reinstatement.
    (c) An exchange visitor (and accompanying spouse and any dependent 
children) who is ineligible for reinstatement or whose request for 
reinstatement has been denied is no longer an Exchange Visitor Program 
participant. He or she cannot remain in the United States unless another 
lawful immigration status is obtained.